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10 February 1792

GW at Philadelphia. GW directed his personal secretary Tobias Lear to write to Attorney General Edmund Randolph and offer condolences on the death of Randolph’s sister.

15 April 1791

In Va., GW traveled from Petersburg to Nottoway. He wrote in his diary that he engaged two new horses to draw his baggage wagon.

08 April 1791

GW set out from Dumfries, Va. around 6:00 in the morning and arrived in Fredericksburg, Va. around 1:00. GW lodged at his sister Betty Lewis’s house that night.

01 April 1791

GW at Mount Vernon. GW wrote to Georgetown, Md. merchants William Deakins, Jr. and Benjamin Stoddart requesting updated information on their work of establishing the federal capital.

25 March 1791

GW at Annapolis, Md. “Having lain all night in my Great Coat & Boots” in the boat that had run aground travelling from Rockhall, Md.

18 March 1791

GW at Philadelphia. GW responded to Martha Dangerfield Bland, widow of former soldier Dr. Theodorick Bland, explaining that he could not help her recover her runaway slave.

11 March 1791

GW at Philadelphia. GW wrote to Daniel Carroll explaining that poor road conditions could delay his meeting with Carroll and the other federal district commissioners at Georgetown, Md.

04 March 1791

GW at Philadelphia. In a special session of the Senate, GW appointed several people to positions in the government of Vt., which became a state on this day.

25 February 1791

GW at Philadelphia.

18 February 1791

GW at Philadelphia.

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