march 26, 1810 (mon.)

In spite of today's rain and snow, it's been generally dry lately, and the river is down to where it's not easily navigable.

There was a heavy frost a couple of nights ago, but fortunately the peaches aren't fully in bloom yet, so there was no major damage to them, although some of the neighbors' fruit trees, and an apricot here that bloomed early, weren't so lucky.

feb. 15, 1810 (thur.)

Today Mr. Jefferson received five years worth of weather data from someone who collected it while living in Arkansas, west of the Mississippi River in the new Louisiana Territory. It will be interesting for him to compare this information with the observations he has made here in Virginia.