To George Washington from William Pearce, 8 January 1797 to 14 January 1797

A Meterological Account of the Weather kept at Mount Vernon

1797

Jany	8	26	NW Clear	30	NW Clear	26	NW Clear
	9	20	NW Clear	27	NW Clear	27	NW Clear
	10	16	N. Clear	20	NE Clear	27	NE Cloudy
	11	30	NE cloudy	36	NE raining	40	NW Clear
	12	35	NW Clear	36	NW Clear	35	NW Clear
	13	34	NW Clear	36	NW Clear	34	NW Clear
	14	34	SW Cloudy	37	S. Raining	38	S. Cloudy

 Report January the 14th 1797

Dr.	Mansion House for the work of 14 hands amounting to per Week to		84 Dys
Cr.	By Halling plank from River Farm to the Distilery	1
	By Halling Shells from Mr Lears Farm to sit up Distilery	1
	" Halling of Wood	6
	" Halling Joy 1 day & to mill & returning 2 days	3
	" Halling Hay 2 days & Corn from Union Farm 1 Day	3
	" Cutting wood 10 days & Burning brush 10 days	20
	" Working in breaking Ice & stoping Leakes in mill race	6
	Stoped by rain	8
Sick. Frank & Sam		12
	Amount of house Gang		60
	Ditchers as Included in the above 14 hands Cutting of Wood	12
	Working in Repairing the mill race & throwing ice out of it	8
	Stoped by Rain	4
			24
			days 84

Stock	1 Stud Horse		4 Horses
	3 Do Jacks		2 Mares
	3 Do Young		1 Colt
	10 Jeanias		17 Cows Inclusive of one milked by 24 John Neal
	9 Working Mules		24
	17 Do Unbroke
	43

	Dr. Muddy Hole for the Work of 14 Amt Week to		84
Cr.	Hauling to Mill 1 1/2 days Cedar Brush to finish the Cow Yard 1 1/2 days & manure 3	6
	" Cutting on new road 9 days Grubing on Do 24 days in all	33
	" Cutting rail timber 9 days Mauling of rails 6 days in all	15
	" Thrassing Wheat 4 days & Cleaning Wheat 12 days in all	16
	" Burning Brush on new road 4 days & Cutting corn Stalks 4 days	8
Sick Old Billy		6
			84

Stock 6 Horses 4 mules 36 Horned Cattle 49 Sheep

8 1/2 Bushels Corn Given out to negroes (being Disapointed in meal) to grind on hand Mill 2 Do fed to stock & sent 22 1/2 Busshells clean wheat to Mill

Dr.	Union Farm for the work of 23 hands Amt Week to		138 Dys
Cr.	By Picking up corn Stalks 27 Days Hauling Do to Cow Yard 4 days	31
	" Cutting & mauling of rails 18 days hauling Rails & wood 6 days	24
	" Cutting timber & sawing rails	9
	" Cutting of Wood 6 days Hauling Ivy at Mansion house 1 day	7
	" Cleaning of Flax 12 days Thrashing & Cleaning of Wheat 4	16
	" Grubing in Corn field 25 days cleaning round the fence of Briars 3 days	28
	Cleaning Oats 4 days Breaking of Ice and cleaning it out mill race 5 days	9
Sick Flora 6 Dys & Eddy 6 days Moses 2 days in all		14
			138

Stock 17 Horses 6 Mules 71 Horned Cattle 14 Year olds & 3 Calves 125 Sheep

Corn	Bushels
Sent to mill	20
to Jas Andersons Horses	15
to Mansion house	30
to Stock	7 1/2
	72 1/2	Oats sent to Mansion house 15 1/2 Bushs

Finding the Consumtion of Corn Larger than should be have resolved to supply the Horses at Mansion house with Oats—and Mix these with Bran when the mill grinds wheat which will I hope be this Week.

			Days
	Dr. River Farm for the Work of 27 Hands Amt pr Week		162
Cr.	By Dresing Flax	12
	By Halling Rails 6 days & Halling Wood Do 2 days	8
	By cutting & mauling rails 20 days cutting mauling & mortoising posts 8	28
	" Cutting & heeping Corn stalks 20 dys halling Corn stalks 8 days	28
	" Going & returning from mill 2 days & cutting wood 3 days	5
	" Grubing 15 days & attending to stock 12 days	27
	" Thressing Oats & shilling corn when it rained	36
Sickness Bridgy 6 days bet 6 days Rere 6 days		18
		162	Days

Stock 10 Horses & one Colt, 11 Mules 74 Cows Steers & other Horned Cattle 10 Calves Decrease 2 Sheep

Sheep 206

			Dys
Dr.	Dogue Run for the Work of 16 hands Amount Week		96
Cr.	By Cutting & Mauling Rails	20
	" Halling rails 10 Dys Wood & hay 1 day	11
	" Picking up Corn stalks 7 days Hauling Ditto Yard 1	8
	" Grubing round the Fences	21
	" Fenching 16 days shilling corn 3 days	19
	" Cleaning of Stables	3
Sick Dick 6 days, Agness 6 days Kitty 2 days		14
			96

Stock 5 Horses 1 Colt & 8 mules—66 Horned Cattle & one Calf 143 Sheep Increased being sent from the mansion house 4 Horned Cattle in all of that kind 71

	Corn fed to Stock		5 Bushels
	sent to Mill		13 Bushels

Sent to Mansion house 166 Lib of Flax

Mill Grist Dr.		Corn		wht.				Cr. B. D.
To Union Farm		21				By Union Farm		11
						" Jas Anderson		1
						Mr Pearce 10 Lib. Supr
To Muddy hole Farm				22-62		fine flour
Corn Fed to Hogs		1 1/2				Elisher Gardner 25
Toll This Week		1/2				Lb. Midlings
						Forester & Jacob		1 1/4
Corn Ground to Farms		21				Meal Delivered		13 1/4

Dr.	Cooper for the work of one man & boy Amt Week			12 dys
Cr.	By piling up Barrels & Laying floors in the shop	2
	" Making Flour Barrels	10		12
	Dr. Miller Ben for the Work of one man Amt		6
	Cr. By Working with the Mansion house hands	5
	" Going to town	1	6

Dr. Spiners & Kniters for the Work of 15 Women Amt Week		90 days
Matilda 6 lb. Yarn, Delia 6 lb. of do	12
Judeth 4 of Stocking & Kelly 2 of Sewing thread	12
Alsey 3 of Tow & Annie 2 1/2 Tow Yarn	12
Delphia 1 of do & Caroline 2 Tow do	12
Betty Davis 1 lb. Tow & Dalsey 6 lb. Yarn	9
Lucy Knitting one pr Stockings & Charlotte 2 pr Do	12
Sall Heckling	6
Lame Peter Knitting 3 Stockings 6 days
Dr. Gardeners for the Work of 3 Men Amt. Week		18
Cr. By Grubing up Honey Suckle & planting []	15
lost by rain	3
		18
Grubing up Honey Suckle Hercules 5 Siras 5 & Frank 3		13