On this date in history, 1799
- Thread starter Tom McAndrew
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Not as well know as his military and political legend but George Washington the "farmer" is often overlooked. He was very keen applying advancements/techniques in agriculture to his farm enterprises.
Tom, have you had the rye whiskey they recently started making on site from his recipe? Small batches, and you sorta have to be at mt Vernon on the right day.
There is good evidence that Washington's doctors, at the very least, sped up his death by bloodletting 40% of his blood from his body. https://www.grunge.com/243167/george-washingtons-tragic-death-explained/
Those stories are sketchy at best. There's almost zero evidence there were ever any buffalo in central Pennsylvania and if there were any, there were very few. They were known to venture into western PA from time to time but even that was rare.
Tom, I always enjoy these posts but instead of:
“On this date in history, 1799”
How about:
“On this date in history, xx/xx/1799”
As these posts are often looked at and discussed for days, weeks and sometimes longer, I think that minor clarification would be helpful. Just my $.02, thank you!
“On this date in history, 1799”
How about:
“On this date in history, xx/xx/1799”
As these posts are often looked at and discussed for days, weeks and sometimes longer, I think that minor clarification would be helpful. Just my $.02, thank you!
