Expence at Mr Achans 3s/4d. Rode thence to North-East 12 Miles. Breakfast 1s/6d. Thence to Sesquehannah 10 Miles. Ferriage 1s/: Oats /9d. At Bush-Town by 4 o Clock 12 Miles. Whole Distance 34 Miles. Whole Expence 6s/7d. _Fryday 22d_ Expence at Bush-Town _4/2_. Rode thence to a small, mean Tavern to Breakfast, 13 Miles--Expence _1/6_. Thence to Baltimore by one O-Clock 13 Miles. Whole distance 26 Miles--Whole Expence _5/8_. _Saturday 23d_ Expence at Baltimore _15/3_. Rode and forded Petapsko[43] to a small Tavern 15 Miles. Expence _1/11_. Rode thence to Blandensburg 23 Miles. Whole distance 38 Miles. Whole Expence _17/2_. [43] Patapsco River. _Sunday 24._ Expence at Blandensburg _5/7_.[44] Rode thence to Georgetown[45] 8 _Miles_. Expence _1/6_. Ferriage _/6_.--From thence we rode by _Alexandria_,[46] 9 Miles--Thence to Colchester[47] 18 Miles-- Dined--Expence _3/9_. Ferriage _/6_. Rode thence to Dumfries 10 Miles.[48] Whole distance 45 Miles. Whole Expence _11/4_. [44] Bladensburg, Maryland. [45] Georgetown, then a small town in Maryland, was later incorporated in the District of Columbia. [46] Alexandria, Virginia. [47] Colchester was a thriving shipping center on the Occoquan River, now called Occoquan Creek, in Fairfax County, Virginia, near where this creek empties into the Potomac. The town had been incorporated by an act of the Assembly in 1753 to promote "trade and navigation." [48] Dumfries, a town on Quantico Creek, had been settled by a group of Scotch merchants, who traded in the colony. Quantico Creek empties into the Potomac. Dumfries had been incorporated by Act of Assembly in 1749. The town had prospered owing to its advantageous position as a center of trade in the western section of the Northern Neck. _Monday 25._ Expence at Dumfries _4/5_. Rode thence to Aquia 10 Miles.[49] Expence _2/4_--Rode thence to Stafford-Court-House 12 Miles.[50] Whole Distance 22 Miles. Whole Expence _6/6_. [49] Aquia had originated as a Catholic settlement on Aquia Creek about the middle of the eighteenth century. A short distance from the town were located the celebrated Aquia stone quarries which had been opened as early as 1683. [50] Stafford Court House, the seat of government of Stafford County. _Teusday 26._ Expence at Stafford _5/._ Stopped at Colonel Thomas Lees,[51] only a few Rods from Stafford Tavern. Continued there all day, and the following Night. Expence to Day _5/_. [51] Thomas Ludwell Lee (1730-1778) of "Bellevue" in Stafford County was the fourth son of Thomas Lee of "Stratford" in Westmoreland County, who had served as president of the Council of Virginia. _Wednesday 27._ Expence to boy _1/_. Rode from Mr Lees to a small poor Ordinary 13 Miles--Expence _/8_ for Oats--Rode thence, without feeding to Captain Cheltons.[52] on the Potowmack 32 Miles--Whole Distance 45 Miles. Whole Expence _1/9_.