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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.

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