Saturday
Title | Daily Entry |
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10 March 1792 |
GW at Philadelphia. Samuel Hanson wrote GW from Alexandria, Va. |
03 March 1792 |
GW at Philadelphia. GW signed and endorsed the deed to a tract of land called the Erie Triangle, which the federal government sold to Pa. GW sent S.C. |
25 February 1792 |
GW at Philadelphia. GW sent Secretary of War Henry Knox a draft of a letter to Joseph Brant, a chief of the Six Nations, with GW’s suggested alterations. |
18 February 1792 |
GW at Philadelphia. |
11 February 1792 |
GW at Philadelphia. GW wrote to Thomas Jefferson asking if Jefferson and James Madison could meet with him over a family dinner to discuss matters concerning the District of Columbia. |
04 February 1792 |
GW at Philadelphia. GW wrote Baltimore merchant Henry Dorsey Gough acknowledging his letter of 1 Feb. 1792 and lauding his attempts to improve his breed of sheep. |
16 April 1791 |
GW traveled from Nottoway, Va. to Halifax, N.C. In his diary, he related his discomfort riding through clouds of dust and violent rain. |
09 April 1791 |
GW at Fredericksburg, Va. In his diary, GW noted that he dined with the town’s leadership at Town Hall that evening. |
02 April 1791 |
GW at Mount Vernon. Thomas Jefferson wrote to GW reporting on the continued tensions with Spain concerning rights to navigate the Mississippi River. He also relayed that Gov. |
26 March 1791 |
GW at Annapolis, Md. GW spent the day preparing for his trip to Georgetown, Md., where he would have a meeting with those involved with establishing the Federal City. |