On This Day 250 Years Ago
April 2, 1775
Washington spends the day at Mount Vernon, hosting guests and attending to his estate's affairs. In the afternoon, Philip Curtis, the captain of Washington's brig Farmer, arrives to discuss matters related to the ship’s recent voyage, which successfully delivered 4,000 bushels of Indian corn to Lisbon and returned with 3,000 bushels of salt from the Turks Islands. The colonial economy is strained by British restrictions, and goods like salt, crucial for preserving food, are in high demand.
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