Show washington diary ca ye s Z 4 tf ait fw 9 w M man bwy ly 7 t A A facsimile of the firt first page pace of war diary now in the library of congress congre it is i written in his hi own hand and contains records of events event during the latter part of the revolution it bears bear a good specimen of washington signature ig and starts tart off with these thea words 1 I begin at this epoch a concise journal amli tary transactions transaction etc I 1 lament not having attempted it from the commencement men cement of the war in aid of my memory and with wish the multiply multiplicity ity of matter which continually surround ur round me and the embarrassed tate state of gur our affairs which is i calling the arteni attention to of one ona kind or another may not defeat altogether or so BO interrupt my present intention and plan as a to render it of little avail |