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Title	Daily Entry
26 June 1775	GW left New York City and lodged for the night at King’s Bridge at the Northern end of Manhattan Island.
19 June 1775	GW in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress. His commission as General and Commander-in-Chief of the United Colonies army is dated this day.
12 June 1775	GW in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress. GW dined at the City Tavern before spending the night in his lodgings.
05 June 1775	GW in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress. GW dined at Pa. Lt. Gov. Richard Penn, Jr.’s home.
29 May 1775	GW in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress. GW dined at the City Tavern and stayed in his room at cabinetmaker Benjamin Randolph’s home.
22 May 1775	GW in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress. He dined with Samuel Griffin, who would later serve in the Revolutionary War.
15 May 1775	GW at the State House in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress. In today’s proceedings, N.Y. delegates brought up the topic of how N.Y.
08 May 1775	GW had breakfast in Charlestown, Md. He travelled through Christiana Bridge, then had dinner and spent the night in Wilmington, Del. GW noted that it was raining on and off.
01 May 1775	GW went up to Alexandria, Va., to meet the Independent Company, but returned to Mount Vernon at night. Alexandria, Va. merchant William Herbert came to visit.
24 April 1775	GW at Mount Vernon. GW’s brother John Washington, Robert Adam, Dumfries, Va. merchant Andrew Leitch, and his wife, Margaretta Leitch, left Mount Vernon.

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