Friday
| Title | Daily Entry |
|---|---|
| 19 May 1775 |
GW in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress. He dined with Pa. delegate Andrew Allen. His committee in the Continental Congress proposed their plan regarding the defense of N.Y. |
| 12 May 1775 |
GW in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress. GW had dinner at Daniel Smith’s City Tavern with delegates from the Congress. |
| 05 May 1775 |
GW ate breakfast at Mrs. Ramsay’s and stayed in Baltimore, Md. at The Fountain Inn with other delegates to the Second Continental Congress, from Va. and N.C. |
| 28 April 1775 |
GW’s guests, William Hepburn, who owned a ropewalk GW had patronized, and Mr. Lloyd of Pa., left Mount Vernon.
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| 21 April 1775 |
GW at Mount Vernon. He dined with Capt. Philip Curtis, settling GW’s sale of his brig Farmer to Thomas Contee of Md. |
| 14 April 1775 |
GW at Mount Vernon. In his diary he wrote that he hosted Dr. William Rumney and Alexandria, Va. |
| 20 January 1775 |
GW at Mount Vernon all day. His stepdaughter-in-law’s sister, Elizabeth “Betsey” Calvert, returned home after a rather lengthy visit. |
| 13 January 1775 |
GW at Mount Vernon. He reported in his diary that he was home alone all day. |
| 27 January 1775 |
GW was traveling to Mount Vernon after observing land he had bought from James and George Mercer near Four Mile Run, a creek that flows into the Potomac River. |
| 06 January 1775 |
George Digges and his three sisters, Daniel Carroll, Jr., and Ann “Nancy” Peake visited GW and stayed the night. |