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15 April 1775

GW at Mount Vernon. He traveled to Alexandria, Va., to the muster of the Independent Company and returned very late that night.

 

14 January 1775

GW at Mount Vernon. He wrote in his diary that he was at home alone.

 

07 January 1775

GW’s visitors (George Digges, his three sisters, and Daniel Carroll, Jr.) left Mount Vernon after breakfast.

28 January 1775

GW at Mount Vernon. He spent the day alone.

20 July 1754

GW remained in Williamsburg, after arriving in the Va. capital on 17 July and delivering his account to the Virginia Gazette on 19 July.

08 April 1775

GW at Mount Vernon. GW wrote in his diary that he had hosted Rector Walter Magowan who left after breakfast. Martha and GW rode to the mill.

01 April 1775

GW at Mount Vernon. He was visited by Rector Walter Magowan, who had been a tutor for GW’s step-children.

 

25 March 1775

GW attended the Second Va. Convention in Richmond and dined with tavern owner Gabriel Galts and his family once again. He also visited Anne Harrison Randolph, widow of William Randolph.

18 March 1775

GW spent a clear and pleasant day in Fredericksburg, Va. GW spent money repairing his saddle and on his mother.

 

11 March 1775

GW at Mount Vernon. Anne Clifton Slaughter dined with GW.  He wrote in his diary about the growth of peaches and pecans in his gardens.

 

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