Wednesday
Title | Daily Entry |
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12 July 1775 |
GW at American headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts. In his General Orders for the day, GW issued a court martial for Col. James Scammans for incompetence; he was later cleared of the charges. |
05 July 1775 |
GW in Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
28 June 1775 |
GW traveling to Cambridge, Massachusetts. |
21 June 1775 |
GW in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress. |
14 June 1775 |
GW in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress. GW dined with a member of the Meredith family, either Reese or his son Samuel, both Philadelphia merchants. |
07 June 1775 |
GW in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress. GW’s committee reported the estimate of the amount of money they needed to raised to the whole Congress. |
31 May 1775 |
GW in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress. GW wrote in his diary that he dined with John Rutledge, a representative of S.C. in the Continental Congress. |
24 May 1775 |
GW in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress. He dined with Pa. delegate Andrew Allen and spent the evening at the Governor’s Club. |
17 May 1775 |
GW in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress. |
10 May 1775 |
GW attended the first meeting of the Second Continental Congress, which was held in the Philadelphia State House. The Congress was meant to plan further responses to the British government. |