Friday
Title | Daily Entry |
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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. |