The writings of George Washington; being his correspondence, addresses, messages, and other papers, official and private, selected and published from the original manuscripts; with a life of the author, notes and illustrations. By Jared Sparks.

510 WASHINGTON'S WRITINGS. [APPENDIX.
after he had engaged to let me have it at twenty. Found Mrs. Washington upon my arrival broie out with the measles.
2d. - Mrs. Barnes, who came to visit Mrs. Washington yesterday,
returned home in my chariot, the weather being too bad to travel in
an open carriage; which, together with Mrs. Washihgton's indisposition, confined me to the house, and gave me an opportunity of posting my books and putting them in good order.
3d. - Hauled the seine and got some fish, but was near being disappointed of my boat by means of an oysterman, who had lain at my
landing, and plagued me a good deal by his disorderly behaviour.
4th. - The weather continued drizzling and warm, and I kept the
house all day. Mrs. Washington seeming to be very ill, I wrote to
Mr. Green this afternoon, desiring his company to visit her in the
morning.
5th. — Mrs. Washington appeared to be something better. Mr.
Green, however, came to see her about 11 o'clock, and in an hour
Mrs. Fairfax arrived. Mr. Green prescribed, and just as we were
going to dinner, Captain Walter Stuart appeared with Dr. Laurie.
The evening being very cold, and the wind high, Mrs. Fairfax went
home in the chariot.
6th. -The chariot not returning time enough from Colonel Fairfax's we were, prevented from going to church. Mrs. Washington
was a good deal better to-day; but the oysterman still continuing his
disorderly behaviour at my landing, I was obliged in the most peremptory manner to order him and his company away, which he did
not incline to obey till the next morning.
7th. -AccompaniedMrs. Bassett to Alexandria, and engaged a
kIeg of butter of Mr. Kirkpatrick, being quite out of that article.
Wrote from thence to Dr. Craik to endeavour if possible to engage
me a gardener from the regiment, and returned in the dusk of the
evening.
8th. — Directed an indictment to be formed by Mr. Johnston
against J. B. for a fraud in some iron 1e sold me.
12th. — Set out with Mrs. Bassett on her journey to Port Royal.
The morning was clear and fine, but soon clouded and threatened
much rain or other falling weather, which is generally the- case after
a remarkable white frost,, as it was to-day. We passed Occoquan
without any great difficulty, notwithstanding the wind was something
high, and lodged at Mr. McCrae's in Dumfries, sending the horses to
the tavern. Here I was informed, that Colonel C. was disgusted at
my house, and left it because he saw an old negro there resembling
his own image.