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08 January 1791

GW at Philadelphia.

01 January 1791

GW at Philadelphia.

 

25 March 1797

GW at Mount Vernon, where he oversaw repairs to the mansion house. He had hired painters but sought  proper workmen to fix a chimney.

01 April 1797

GW attended a dinner apparently given in his honor at the Masonic Lodge in Alexandria, Va.  In his reply to a complimentary address, GW reportedly said: “If it has pleased the supreme architect of

04 February 1775

GW at Mount Vernon. He wrote in his diary that Benedict Calvert and “the Gentlemen from Maryland” left in the morning. Nathaniel Harrison and another guest came for dinner.

21 January 1775

GW at Mount Vernon. He went hunting with his stepson John Parke Custis and killed “a Dog Fox” before returning for dinner.

15 April 1797

GW presumably at Mount Vernon.

08 April 1797

GW presumably at Mount Vernon.

14 March 1789

GW at Mount Vernon. Scottish immigrant Robert Dick sent GW a copy of a 1787 report describing the economic activities of Quebec.

07 March 1789

GW presumably at Mount Vernon.

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