The Virginia Almanack for the Year of our Lord God 1753(1753)
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Printed by William Hunter.
Anonymous diary.
The writer of this diary was a close associate or a member of the governor’s Council in Williamsburg, VA, (1752–1753). Entries include mention of Gov. Robert Dinwiddie’s administration and Council; notes on the interaction between the colonial Virginia government and the Cherokee and Catawba Indians; the offending of a Cherokee chief; George Washington; and reported troubles in Ohio prior to the French and Indian War. Diary also describes a family burial plot in Bruton Parish Church; the behavior of a “wicked gang;” daily weather reports; and the sailing of a ship The Caesar. Names mentioned include William Fairfax, Richard Corbin, Lewis Burwell, and William Waller. The diary is very fragmented and fragile.