Tuesday
| Title | Daily Entry |
|---|---|
| 28 February 1775 |
GW wrote in his diary that he and his wife Martha went up to Alexandria, Va. for a day trip and returned home for dinner.
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| 21 February 1775 |
GW at Mount Vernon. He dined with Dr. William Rumney and Capt. Thomas Marshall. Marshall had come to offer GW command of the Fauquier County Independent Company. |
| 14 February 1775 |
GW at Mount Vernon. In his diary GW reported that he went fox hunting and killed a fox. He hosted brothers Robert and George Alexander of Fairfax County, Va. He also noted that John Muir, Dr. |
| 24 April 1792 |
GW at Philadelphia. Alexander Hamilton submitted to GW a contract for oil between Del. lighthouse superintendent William Allibone, superintendent of the Del. |
| 17 April 1792 |
GW at Philadelphia. GW wrote the Senate nominating former government contractor James O’Hara to be quartermaster general of the U.S. army.
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| 10 April 1792 |
GW at Philadelphia. GW wrote to Roman Catholic bishop John Carroll thanking him for his idea of giving the Indians religious instruction. |
| 03 April 1792 |
GW at Philadelphia. GW sent Thomas Jefferson an unidentified enclosure, which concerned the loan to fund construction in the federal city drawn up by Philadelphia merchant Samuel Blodget, Jr. |
| 27 March 1792 |
GW at Philadelphia. Congressional chaplain Samuel Blair wrote to GW’s personal secretary Tobias Lear declining GW’s invitation to dine next Thursday because of ill health. |
| 20 March 1792 |
GW at Philadelphia. GW wrote Congress asking for a bill that authorized more than one brigadier general, since military forces had recently been increased for defending the frontier. |
| 13 March 1792 |
GW at Philadelphia. Senator Aaron Burr wrote GW regarding Indian relations in the Western Territories, adding his opinion that peace was possible. Va. |