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February 20, 1756
Leaving NYC for New London
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While in NYC, Colonel George Washington visits The Microcosm twice. See story on that.
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Founders Online Foot 2. Beverley Robinson (1722–1792) was the brother of John Robinson, treasurer of the colony of Virginia and speaker of its House of Burgesses. He settled in the city of New York in the 1740s and married the heiress Susannah Philipse of Philipseburg Manor. GW saw a great deal of Robinson, Mrs. Robinson, and her sister Mary Eliza Philipse, called Polly, during his stay in New York before leaving on 20 Feb. for New London.
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February 21, 1756
New London, Connecticut
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This Day is a One Day boat trip from New London CT to South Kingston RI.
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Then 6 days by boat
to reach Boston,
in this ocean,
in February.
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This was a busy day.
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Stopping in New London
to get on a boat
and by night arrives
in Rhode Island
for an overnight rest.
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This is concluded from a Founders Online footnote.
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February 21 night, 1756
South Kingston, Rhode Island
“According to a plaque at what is now 8 Willard Ave. [South Kingstown, Rhode Island], a young Colonel Washington spent the night of Feb. 21, 1756, a full 20 years before the Revolutionary War, in what was then known as the Willard Hazard House. ‘
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Source:
http://www.providencejournal.com/news/20170222/celebrations-in-south-kingstown-newport-mark-george-washingtons-pre-revolutionary-days
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Navigate Google Car
https://goo.gl/maps/RVmSB8zjZ3R2
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February 26, 156
No letters written to GW or from GW since Feb 4.
Carter Landon sends a letter to GW recommending a John Lawson who later takes over as Ensign when Denis McCarty resigns his Ensign commission October 1756.
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Source:
https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-02-02-0318
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February 27, 1756
Reaches Boston
GW gets there by boat from New London to Boston.
Quite a boat trip.
6 days Travelling by Boat.
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Founders Online footnote 1.
GW was on his way from
New York to Boston
to see Gov. William Shirley
when he and his companions,
George Mercer and
Robert Stewart,
both captains in the Virginia Regiment, stopped at Joseph Chew’s.
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GW apparently
traveled from
New London by water
and arrived with his party in Boston on 27 Feb.
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Source:
https://founders.archives.gov/?q=Volume%3AWashington-02-02&s=1511311112&r=325#GEWN-02-02-02-0320-fn-0001
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March 4, 1756
Is all resolved by Governor Shirley?
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Is the Chain of command dispute with Captain Dagworthy solved?
See more on that story here.
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