Title: Enclosure: Invoice to Robert Cary & Company, 12 October 1761
From: Washington, George
To: Robert Cary & Company

[Mount Vernon] October 12th 1761

Invoice of Sundry Goods to be sent by Robert Cary Esqr. and Co. for the use of George Washington—Virginia
 800 Ells Oznabrigs 300 Yds best Cotton 4 pieces best Dutch Blanketting 2 pieces Fearnought 4 dozn pr very large Pld Hose 4 dozn pr of a Size Smaller 2 dozn pair for boys & Girls 2 pieces of Irish Linnen @3/6 1 piece ditto @2/ 2 pieces ditto @1/ 1 piece Irish Oznab: to be soft & white fitting for Negro Servt Shirt 1 piece of fine Cambrick @£5 1 piece course ditto 4 Yds fine Book Muslin @10/ 60 Ells strong bro: Sheeting
 1 Groce bottled Porter to be Packd in Shavings 2 Casks good strong Beer in Bottles 50 Bags of Salt from Liverpool

   1 Fifty Gallon Still with every thing compleat—the Worm and Pipe to be very good 2 Good Cheeses of abt 20 lb. each
 5 M 2d. Nails 5 M 3d. Ditto 25 M 4d. Ditto 10 M 6d. Ditto 25 M 8d. Ditto 20 M 10 ditto 5 M 2 Brads 5 M 3d. Brads 5 M 4 Ditto 5 M 6 Ditto 3 pair flat Irons 6 Spring Stock Locks 6 best steel Garden Spades 1 dozn pr HL Hinges pretty large 6 Broad Axes 6 best drawing knives 6 large claw hammers 6 broad Chissels—Inch & ½ wide 12 Narrow ditto—Inch; & ¾ Inch do 6 Gouges 1 dozn Augers sorted 6 pr Steel Compasses 6 two foot Rules 1 dozn Chalk Lines 2 dozn box handled Gimblets 2 Bramble Scythes 1 dozn Scythe Stones 6 dozn blunt handsaw files 6 dozn Ditto Whipsaw Ditto
 12 Loaves dble refind Sugar 12 ditto single Ditto Do 6 lb. best Hyson Tea 4 lb. good green Ditto A Case of Pickles 6 lb. best flour of Mustard 50 lb. White Bisquet 12 lb. Pepper 1 lb. Nuts ½ lb. Mace ½ lb. Cloves ½ lb. Cinnamon 1 Jarr of best Raisons 1 Ditto Currants 3 Pecks Almonds in the Shell 20 Groce best Corks
 1 dozn breakfast Cups & as many Sawcers of China 1 dozn China Custard Cups 1 dozn China Tart Pans 10 lb. brown thread 1 lb. Nuns ditto—sorted 6 lb. Shoemakers Ditto  1 Groce Silverwashd Coat Buttons 1 Ditto Ditto breast—ditto to be plain and Cheap & almost flat topd 1 Diamond fixd for cutting Glass 6 Search Bottoms 12 Course Sieves 1 dozn fashionable Pocket Handk. 1 Rheam good writing Paper ½ Rheam of the worst kind
 1 M Needles sorted 6 Strong Cork Screws 1 lar: Iron Chafg Dish for Tea kettle 3 lb. fig Blue 1 lb. Powderd Do  2 pair large Horse Scissars 2 pr neat Small Do in Sheaths 6 Rolls black. Ball 6 large hair Brooms 6 Mops 12 brass Thimbles—sorted 1 Groce wire Shirt buttons 1 Groce playing Cards 1 pr dice for Backgammon Tables
 500 lb. white Lead ground in Oyl 100 lb. Spanish brown Do 10 Gallons Lamp Oyl
 1 Black Satten Capuchin 2 pair black Satten Shoes 1 pair white Sattin Ditto 2 pr Everlasting Ditto—all to be large fours 4 pair Womens fine thrd Hose 4 pair Do—fine Cotton Do 1 dozn pr kid Mitts—½ dozn pr Gloves 6 knots & breast knots

 2 Cheap fashion[abl]e fans 2 french Necklaces 2 Egrets to suit Do 4 pieces diaper Tape for binding 2 pieces Narrow Ditto 4 M Miniken Pins 4 M short Whites 4 M Corkg Ditto
 4 Gallon’s Rhenish Wine—in pint B. 3 Gallons Canary—in Ditto
 8 Oz. Diascordium 8 Oz. Venice Treacle 8 Oz. Spirits Hartshorne 8 Oz. Salvolatili 8 Oz. Spirits Lavender 8 Oz. Liquid Laudanum 1 Quart Spirits of Wine 1 Quart Do Camphorated 4 Oz. Camphire 8 Oz. Crude Opium 2 lb. Jesuits Bark prepard 1 lb. Ointment Marsh Mallow 4 Oz. Salts of Salarmoniac 4 lb. Pearle Barley 4 lb. Sago 2 lb. Saloop 2 Bushels good Tares
 12 pair course strong Shoes for Servts—midling large 6 pair midling fine worstd Hose 6 pr Norway doe Gloves—above the middle size & to have long Finrs
 for myself of Didsbury—4 pr Mens neat Shoes 2 pr Ditto pumps 2 pr Ditto Boots pr Mea[sur]e
 1 pair neat Silver Spurs Something proper for 4 Suits of Summer Cloaths for Servants—Buttns & all necessary trimmings to be sent with the Cloth
 A proper kind of Drill Plow for Turnips—to be made by a good hand, light and well fitted A proper Hoe plow for Ditto 1 Neat Hogskin Saddle with a Saddle Cloth & Housing joind in one; the Cloth to be very good and of a light or light brown Colour—& to have a very small edging of Silver embroidery round it 1 Strong Portmanteau Saddle to be well fitted and to have a spare Mail Pillion 1 Good Portmanteau of a midling Size 1 Convenient Portmanteau Trunk also of middle size 1 pair of Stays of Jeans—pr measure sent 3 pair Leathr Shoes [and] 1 pair Callimanca Do—size 6s.

Go: Washington


Title: From George Washington to Richard Washington, 20 October 1761
From: Washington, George
To: Washington, Richard

Dear Sir,
Mount Vernon October the 20th 1761.

Since my last of the 14th July I have in appearance been very near my last gasp—The Indisposition then spoken of Increasd upon me and I fell into a very low and dangerous State—I once thought the grim King woud certainly master my utmost efforts and that I must sink in spite of a noble struggle but thank God I have now got the better of the disorder and shall soon be restord I hope to perfect health again.
I dont know that I can Muster up one ⟨t⟩ittle of News to communicate, in short the occurrances of this part of the World are at present scarce worth reciting for as we live in a state of peaceful tranquility ourselves, so we are at very little trouble to enquire after the operations against the Cherokees who are the only People that disturbs the repose of this great Continent and who I believe woud gladly accomodate Differences upon almost any Terms not I conceive from any Apprehensions they are under on account of our Arms but because they want the Supplys which we, and we only, can furnish them with—We catch the reports of Peace with gaping Mouths, and every Person seems anxious for a confirmation of that desirable Event provided it comes as no doubt it will, upon honourable terms.
On the other side is an Invoice of Cloaths which I beg the favour of you to purchase for me and to send them by the first Ship bound to this River—As they are designd for Waring Apparel

for myself I have committed the choice of them to your fancy—having the best opinion of your taste—I want neither Lace nor Embroidery—plain Cloaths with a gold or Silver Button (if worn in genteel Dress) is all I desire—I have hitherto had my Cloaths made by one Charles Lawrence in old Fish Street but whether it be the fault of the Taylor, or the Measure sent I can’t say but certain it is my Cloaths have never fitted me well. I therefore leave the choice of the Workman to your care likewise—I enclose a Measure, and for a further Insight I dont think it amiss to add that my stature is Six feet—otherwise rather slender than Corpulent. I am very sincerely Dr Sir Yr Most Affecte Hble Servt

Go: Washington


Title: Editorial Note
From:
To:

[21 October 1761–3 November 1773] I. Washington’s Appointment as Guardian, 21 October 1761 II. Adjusted Account of the Estate of Daniel Parke Custis, April 1762 III. Guardian Accounts, 12 April 1762 Editorial Note GW’s guardian accounts span eleven years, from 1762 to 1773. The division and settlement of the estate of Daniel Parke Custis in 1761 created three separate estates: (1) Martha Washington’s, or the dower estate, consisting of a third of the personal property and a life interest in a third of the slaves and land; (2) John Parke Custis’s, a third of the personal property and title to all the slaves and land, subject only to his mother’s life interest; and (3) Martha Parke Custis’s, whose third

 consisted solely of interest-bearing financial assets. See Editorial Note, in Settlement of the Daniel Parke Custis Estate, 20 April 1759–5 Nov. 1761, in Papers, Colonial SeriesW. W. Abbot et al., eds. The Papers of George Washington, Colonial Series. 10 vols. Charlottesville, Va., 1983–95., 6:202–8. By right of marriage the dower estate came under GW’s management; by his appointment as guardian to his two stepchildren on 21 Oct. 1761, GW took full legal and financial responsibility for their estates under a bond of £20,000 (doc. I). Immediately following the settlement of the Custis estate late in 1761, GW set up accounts for the estates of both the Custis children. He kept their accounts in a two-volume quarto ledger, now preserved (though badly mutilated) at the Virginia Historical Society. Martha Parke Custis’s income proved simple to account for. GW opened ten “particular” accounts for the financial assets she inherited: one account with the London merchant, Robert Cary & Co., who collected the semiannual dividends on her Bank of England stock, and one each with the nine borrowers whose loans were assigned to her. These open-ended accounts permitted GW to post on one side the schedule of payments and, on the other, payments as they were received. John Parke Custis’s situation was more complicated. GW opened “particular” accounts for him with the three merchants, Cary, Hanbury, and Gildart, to whom his tobacco was consigned, but these included mainly sterling transactions (proceeds from tobacco sales and expenses for personal and plantation supplies). The greater part of his plantation costs were incurred locally, and he enjoyed substantial income from local crop sales. These transactions in Virginia currency were accounted for by Joseph Valentine in the “Steward’s Book,” which has been lost. Every year after GW reviewed the book, Valentine balanced his accounts for both estates and paid the profits to GW for credit to John Parke Custis’s and the dower estate. Only one of Valentine’s annual accounts with young Custis has survived, but successive guardian accounts show transfers by Valentine to him. As John Parke Custis’s sterling balances accumulated, GW put out his money in interest-bearing loans, 1764–73, opening “particular” accounts with borrowers as in Martha Parke Custis’s case. As guardian, GW was required to report annually to the General Court the profits of his wards’ estates (see 5 HeningWilliam Waller Hening, ed. The Statutes at Large; Being a Collection of All the Laws of Virginia, from the First Session of the Legislature, in the Year 1619. 13 vols. 1819–23. Reprint. Charlottesville, Va., 1969. 450–51). Every year he superimposed a “general” account onto the various “particular” accounts in the quarto ledger. This was Martha Parke Custis’s annual account with “George Washington,” who owed her the interest he collected but to whom she was indebted for extraordinary expenses. By transposing the sides GW made this his annual account with “Martha Parke Custis” which he submitted to the General Court. The same procedure was followed for John Parke Custis. GW carefully

copied every court-approved account and all official endorsements into a folio ledger, now preserved at Washington and Lee University. This is the same account book into which he had copied the great array of documents used in settling the Custis estate (see Settlement of the Daniel Parke Custis Estate, 20 April 1759–5 Nov. 1761). Its value is enhanced by the loss of all the General Court records. GW submitted his first pair of guardian accounts in 1762, his last pair in 1773. From 1765 the court permitted him to report biannually. In all, he submitted eight accounts for each ward. The complete set of guardian accounts in the Washington and Lee manuscript will be printed, each in its proper chronological place. The first five pairs of these appear in this volume; they are dated 12 April 1762 (doc. III), 2 May 1763, 30 April 1764, 6 May 1765, and 11 April 1767. When the court-appointed commissioners approved the estate settlement on 5 Nov. 1761, they “settled the Ballances as due April last” (see doc. IV, in Settlement of the Daniel Parke Custis Estate, 20 April 1759–5 Nov. 1761). This created a six-month gap between settlement and reporting dates. With his first guardian account (doc. III) approved by the commissioners on 12 April 1762, GW closed this gap. Thereafter his fiscal year was April to April, and he consistently submitted his accounts to the spring session of the General Court. Subsequent to the settlement in 1761, Cary reported small disbursements in sterling, and Joseph Valentine small receipts in Virginia currency, which had to be accounted for. This occasioned the brief account headed “Adjusted Account of the Estate of Daniel Parke Custis” (doc. II). This is in effect a postsettlement adjustment which gives to each heir a credit of £3.8.9⅔ Virginia currency and a debit of £6.6.2 sterling.


Title: I. Washington’s Appointment as Guardian, 21 October 1761
From: Waller, Benjamin
To:

[Williamsburg, 21 October 1761]

At a General Court held at the Capitol the Twenty first day of October One thousand Seven hundred and Sixty one.
George Washington Esqr. is appointed Guardian to John Parke Custis and Martha Parke Custis Infants, Orphans of Daniel Parke Custis Esqr. deceasd and thereupon he together with Peyton Randolph Ralph Wormeley and Burwell Bassett Esqr. his Securities entered into and acknowledgd Bond in the penalty of Twenty Thousand pounds for securing the Estates of the said Orphans & endemnifying the Court.

Ben. Waller


Title: II. Adjusted Account of the Estate of Daniel Parke Custis, April 1762
From: Washington, George
To:

[April 1762]

The Estate of Daniel Parke CustisEsquire

Dr.

Current
Sterling

1761
To Robert Cary & Co.

for Fees paid at the Bank
.10.6

for Goods sent from Scotland
13. 7.0

for Impost & Cocket of 50 hhds of Tobo lost in the Cary
  5. 1.

18.18.6

1762
To Joseph Valentine for so much paid Henry Weatherborne
£ 1. 4.0

for so much paid Thomas Hornsby
1.13.6
2.17. 6

To George Washington Esqr. & Martha hisWife

3. 8. 9 2/3

To Mr John Parke Custis

3. 8. 9 2/3

To Miss Martha Parke Custis

3. 8. 9 2/3

£13. 3.11
£18.18.6

Contra

Cr.

1762
By Joseph Valentine for so much receivd of Edward Pye Chamberlayne for a balle due from him to the Estate
13. 3.11

By George Washington Esqr. and Martha his Wife

6. 6.2

By Mr John Parke Custis

6. 6.2

By Miss Martha Parke Custis

6. 6.2


Title: III. Guardian Accounts, 12 April 1762
From: Washington, George
To:

[12 April 1762]

Mr John Parke Custis

Dr

Current

Sterling

1761

To Balle of your Acct then Settled & approvd of by the Genl Court
293. 2.11 10/12

Nov. 5
To the Estates Acct as above

6. 6. 2

To 2/3 of £151.3.–3/4 the Amount of Goods Shipd by Gildart for your Negroes

100.15. 4 1/2

To Goods by Boyes for the use of your Plantations & Negroes pr Robert Cary & Co.

72. 3. 1

To Robert Cary & Co. for Goods by Johnson for your own use

19.12. 6

To Do for the Insurance of 40 hhds Tobo by the Argo

32.15. 1

To Levy and Tax for Moll in 1759 9/6 Do in 1760 5/ & 33 lib. Tobo ⟨mutilated⟩
1. 1. 2

Apl 18
To Bryan Allison Taylor as by Account
2.

June 4
To a wax baby 10/. July 11. A Bible 6/ Septr 30th a pr Leather Breeches for his Man
1.11.

To one half of £16 Ster. paid Mr [Ma]Gowan his Tutor

8.

To Taylors Account 25/6 12 yds Virga

Cloth to his Servants 24/
2. 9. 6

Nov. 7
To a pair of Buckles for Julius 1/3 A Psalter 1/6 ⟨mutilated⟩ Apl ⟨59⟩
.12.

1762

Jany
To Charles Digges by Acct
1. 3. 4

To John Blair Esqr. for the Quit Rents of 17779 Acres of Land
3.10. 6
&
15.

April
To Joseph Valentine for Sundrys allowed ⟨mutilated⟩ Vizt

for 1761 His own Wages £80

John Valentine ⟨mutilated⟩ Share of

Tobo £3.16.7 James

Mersie’s Do £8.12.10 Epa⟨phroditus Howle mutilated⟩ do £7. 6.3 John

Valentine Senr Do ⟨mutilated⟩ £6.9.7 £ ⟨mutilated⟩ Levies and Poll Taxes £37.17 ⟨mutilated⟩ Mill

Right £6.15 Rope for ⟨mutilated⟩ ⟨mutilated⟩ £3.5.3

Horse Collars 3/ ⟨mutilated⟩ Hays

Acct £3. 0. 6 ⟨mutilated⟩ Acct 20/ ⟨mutilated⟩
223. 4. 2 1/2

for 1762 William Jacksons Wages as overseer £15 John Valentine ⟨mutilated⟩

of Corn £5.10 James Mer⟨sies⟩ Ditto ⟨mutilated⟩ acct £2.13.7 Weavers Do £1.5 ⟨mutilated⟩ to ⟨mutilated⟩ 5/ bringing my ⟨mutilated⟩ the boy ⟨mutilated⟩
40.18. 1

£569.12. 9 1/2

£ 254.12. 2 1/2

Ballance due John Parke Custis when the Money is recd ⟨mutilated⟩ the sterling Balle being in the hands of Robt Cary & Co.
274. 9. 2
&
1317. 4. 9

£844. 1.11 1/2
&
£1571.16.11 1/2

Contra
Cr

Current

Sterling

1761

By Balle of your Account then Settled and approvd of by the Genl Court

£1456.19. 5 5/12

Novr 5
By the Estates Acct as above
3. 8. 9 2/3

By ⅓ of £149.1.9 the Nett proceeds of 16 hhds Tobo sold by Jas Gildart Esqr.

49.13.11

By ⅓ of £177 the Nett proceeds of 15 hhds Tobo sold by Robert Cary Esqr. & Co.

59.

Note 20 hhds ⟨mutilated⟩ Messrs Hansburys for which they have not yet renderd ⟨mutilated⟩ make up the 51 hhds mentioned in the former ⟨mutilated⟩

By return of premium on £80 insured in Boyce

4.13. 7

By Ditto ⟨mutilated⟩ in the Letitia

1.10.

By 40 hhds Tobo shipped to Robt Cary & Co. by the Argo not accounted for

By 14 Ditto to Messrs Hanbury by Easton Ditto

By 400 Bushels of Oats
15.

By George Washington for ⟨mutilated⟩ 880 Acres of Land
4.18. 3 1/2

By Joseph Valentine for sundrys accounted for as disposd of & recd by him

Vizt for

         Corn
         £215.19.7 1/2

         Wheat ⟨mutilated⟩ bushls
         71.18.6

         ⟨mutilated⟩ lib.
         33.18.9

         Butter
         18.  .3

         Cyder ⟨mutilated⟩ Wool £6.1
         21. 6.4

         ⟨mutilated⟩ & Flat £26.12.6
         38.12.6

         ⟨mutilated⟩ of Leather
         7. 2.

         Rents for ⟨mutilated⟩ Wilkins £5. Thos Holt £5. Emery Hughs ⟨mutilated⟩ Richardson £3 ⟨mutilated⟩ £5 1761

432.17.11 1/2

1762
By Ditto for Sundrys accounted

for as disposed of by him but not yet recd

         Corn 277½ Barrels
         £126. 5.

         Porke 14549 lbs.
         142.14.5

         Wheat 259 Bushels
         58. 5.6

         7 Stears £19 2 heifers £5.10 ⟨mutilated⟩ Weathers £3.10 Leather 45
         30. 7.

         Wool 20 lb. 10/ Rents for 1761 ⟨mutilated⟩ £10 Smiths Island £12

         Thos ⟨mutilated⟩ Geo. Jones £3.
         30. 5.

387.16.11

£844. 1.11 1/2

£1571.16.11 1/2

Miss Martha Parke

Custis
Dr

Current

Sterling

1761

Novr 5
To the following Bonds and Bank Stock

Assigned to her Vizt Bank Stock

£1650.

Barthw Dandridge, Philip Whitehead Claiborne, & Wm Dandridge Bond for £600 Sterl. but I believe they were to give another Bond or discharge it in Currt Money at 40 prCt as the

others to whom money was lent did

600.

John Mercer John Tayloe & Presley Thornton’s Bond
2100.

Burwell Bassett & Presley Thornton’s Bond
2100.

Thomas Moore Carter Braxton Phil. W. Claiborne & Bernd Moores Bond
1400.

Bernard Moore & Jno. Robinsons Bond for £1000 Sterg ⟨but⟩ to be paid ⟨mutilated⟩
1400.

William Dandridge Carter Braxton &
1400.

Phil. W. Claibornes Bond
440. 9.

Philip Whitehead Claiborne & Bernard Moores Bond
280.

Joanna McKenzie, John Palmer and James Carter’s Bond
216.

Thomas Dansie and Nathl West Dandridges Bond
100.

£8036. 9.
&
£2250.

To the above Ballance for so much overpaid
155.11.3 1/2

21.14. 4

1761
To a wax baby 10/ July 15 a Bible 6/
.16.

June 4
To the half of £16 Ster.

paid Mr Magowan her Tutor

8.

Oct.
To Doctr Hamilton for Medicines and Attendance
14.14.6

To Ferriages and Expences sending for him twice
.15.

Novr 7
To a Psalter 1/6. Toys 5/6
. 7.

To Doctor Hay for visiting her
3.

To Doctor Small for Do
6.

1762 Apl
To Doctor Carters Account
5. 5.3

To Robert Cary & Co. for Goods shipped for her use

24. 1. 4

£ 186. 9.0 1/2
&
£ 53.15. 6

The ballance due Miss Custis

54.18. 5

  186. 9.0 1/2
&
£ 108.13.11

[Contra]
[Cr.]

Current

Sterling

1761

Novr 5
By the Balle of your Account then settled and approvd of by the Genl Court
£7880.17.8 5/12
&
£2228. 5. 8

By overpaid and carried to her new Acct
155.11.3 7/12
&
21.11. 4

£8036. 9.
&
£2250.

Note. All the Interest due upon the Bank stock and Bonds assigned until April 15 1761 belongs to Geo. Washington as he has accounted with her for the whole Interest of her Fortune till that

Time

1762

April
By James Gildart Esqr. for ⅓ £149.1.9 Nett proceeds of 16 hhds of Tobo

£ 49.13.11

By Robt Cary & Co. Esqr. for ⅓ of £177 Do. 15 hhds

59.

Hanbury have not yet sent the Sales for 20 hhds wch make up the 51 mentioned in her former Accts Ballance due Geo. Washington
£ 186. 9.

£ 186. 9.
&
£ 108.13.11

We the Subscribers have pursuant to the Order of the Honble The Genl Court Examined the Accounts of George Washington against the Estate of Daniel Parke Custis Esqr. Deceased and his Infant Children John Parke Custis and Martha Parke Custis and find the same fairly and jointly stated and prooved by proper Vouchers and have therefore Settled the Ballances due according to the several Accts hereunto annexd. Given under our hands this 12th day of April 1762.

(Signed) Peyton Randolph
Robt Carter Nicholas
Thos Everard


Title: Agreement with John Askew, 22 October 1761
From: Washington, George,Askew, John
To:

[22 October 1761]

This Indenture made this Twenty 2d Day of October in the Year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty one Between John Askew, Joiner of the County of Fairfax of the one part and George Washington of the County of Fairfax Gentleman of the other part Witnesseth That the said John Askew for and in consideration of the Sum of Thirty eight pounds Seventeen shillgs & Eleven pence to him in hand paid by the said George Washington the Receipt whereof he doth hereby acknowledge and thereof doth acquit and discharge the said George Washington his Executors and Administrators by these Presents, Hath Granted bargained & sold and by these Presents

Doth Grant Bargain & Sell unto the said George Washington his Executors Administrators and Assigns, The following Joiners Tools now in the Possession of the said John Askew, (that is to say) Eleven pair of Hollows & Rounds, two pair of Table Plains, Six OGees—Six Ovelo’s—four Sash Plains, four Quarter Rounds, three Bead Plains, two pair of Groving Plains, two, two Square Astacles, one Snipes Bill, One Plow and six Irons, three raising Plains, one spring Plain, two Rabbet Plains, one moving Philister, four smoothing Plains, one half upright smoothing Plain, one Bone smoothing Plain, one Jointer; one long Plain, one halfround Jack Plain, two Jack Plains, one spring Brace and twelve Bitts, one Chalk Line & Roler, two Squares, two Bevils, one Scraper, one Rule, one pair of Cornish Plains, five Heading Chissels, Seven Morticeing Chissels, fourteen Gouges, thirteen Firmers, nine Rasps, two Files, two Brading Awls, one pair of Pinchers one pair of Compasses, one Spike Gimblet, 3 Gimblets, one Hand Saw, one Pannel Saw, one Tennent Saw, one Sash Saw, one Compass Saw, one Key Hole Saw, four Augurs, one Adze, one Hatchet, one Drawing Knife, two Spoke Shaves, two Punches, one turn screw, three Hammers, one Oyl Stone, one Pecking Gouge, and four Iron Dogs, and one Marker, To have and to hold the said joiners Tools unto the said George Washington his Executors Administrators and Assigns forever Provided always and these Presents are upon this Condition, That if the said John Askew his Heirs Executors or Administrators shall on or before the Twenty Second Day of October—next ensuing the date hereof pay or cause to be paid unto the said George Washington his Executors Administrators or Assigns the said Sum of Thirty eight pounds Seventeen Shillings & Eleven pence together with lawful Interest for the same from the date hereof, Then this present Indenture and every thing herein contained shall cease determine and be utterly void. In Witness whereof the said Parties have hereunto interchangeably set their hands & seals the Day & year afsd, Sealed & delivered in the presence of.
Test Thos Bishop

John Askew
Go: Washington


Title: To George Washington from George William Fairfax, 30 October 1761
From: Fairfax, George William
To: Washington, George

Dear Sir
30 October 1761

Your favors of the 2d of Decr 6th of March 3d of Apl 27th of July and first of Augt came very safe to hand. In that of July I am sorry to find that you were in such a bad state of health, and that neither Mr Greens nor Hamiltons prescriptions had then the desired effect. The latters it seems you had but just begun and consequently could not expect an immediate cure, but I hope long before this you are perfectly restored. If not probabilly change of Air might be of service and if you had any particular business, or even fancy to see England we shall be extreamly glad to see you at York, or at our little retreat not many Miles from it But I hope a bad state of Health will not oblige you to cross the terrible western Ocean, tho’ if better advice should be really necessary the sooner it is taken the better, and not delay it so long as our deceased friend—I am sorry to find that my Mare Moggy did not prove with Foal, and that I should neglect to desire that you would put her to whatever Horse you thought proper. It may possibilly be occationed from her Travelling so great a distance after, and suppose you was to try your own Horse Gift in the Spring, it will be the least trouble, and certainly will remove that suspition. I am informed by many hands (tho’ not from the performers) that an Office is really a building at Greenway Court, and that his Lordship & Family removes this very month. It gives me the most concern to find what an Influence Martin has as I fear he will not stop at that, but will daily lessen the Esteem the people have for the good old Gentn: I offer my Compliments to Mrs Washington and am very sincerely Dear Sir Your most Obedient humble Servt

Go: Wm Fairfax

I have been endeavouring ever since I have been in England to gett a Gardener or two, but without any success, tho’ I have employed two or three to look out for me, And shall still continue desire them to continue their enquiry.


Title: From George Washington to Robert Cary & Company, 3 November 1761
From: Washington, George
To: Robert Cary & Company

Gentn
Williamsburg Novr 3d 1761.

I came to this place last Night, and find that the Articles containd in the Inclosd Invoices are wanted for mine and Master Custis’s Plantation’s on York River, please therefore to send them as there directed and charge the amounts to our respective Accounts.
We have little or no News stirring, our Assembly is at present Convend to grant Supplies for carrying on the War against the Cherokee Indian’s shoud they choose to continue it, but this I am perswaded they are by no means Inclind to do, nor are they prepard for it as they have been solliciting Peace for sometime past. I wish the Powers of Europe were as well disposd to an accomodation as these poor Wretches are a stop woud soon be put to the Effusion of Human Blood and Peace and Plenty

woud resume its Empire again to the joy and content (I believe) of most Ranks and degrees of People. I am Gentn Yr Most Obedt Hble Servt

Go: Washington


Title: To George Washington from Andrew Burnaby, 16 December 1761
From: Burnaby, Andrew
To: Washington, George

Dear Sir,
Asfordby near Melton-MowbrayLeicestershire Decr 16th 1761

I received the favour of Your letter dated the 27th of July, some time ago; which would have given me much greater pleasure had it brought me a better account of Your health; I hope however You are perfectly recovered, and that if You come to England, which I can assure Dear Sir would be greatly to my wish, it will be upon some much better Errand than ill health. I am much obliged to you for the Account You give me of the Cavern; I think it very curious, and long to have the other particulars of it. Since I wrote last to You, we have had many alterations in these parts. The Kings Marriage, Coronation, and Mr Pitts resignation You have doubtless been informed of. This last, it is thought, will be attended with great consequences. The City seems to lament the loss of him, and probably will be backward in subscribing to the Supplies. The Spaniards are making prodigious preparations, but still profess great friendship for

us; However we are guarding agst them. Lord Bristol, it is said, is recalled from Madrid; and Lord Tyrawley going in his stead. The Ministry here is Still unsettled. The French talk high of invading us; They are manning all their fleets; but we think it is impossible to Escape us. The Nation seems to regret that we suffered Bussy to come to England; Every thing is laid to his Charge, It is thought even that the French had no intention of making peace; and only sent him to make divisions amongst us; He is said to have negociated a loan during his Stay here for the French King, and to have made a great fortune himself in the funds. Whether this is true or no, I will not pretend to say: It is certain he is one of the Cleverest, most artfull Men in Europe; but Yet he was watched so strictly, that one would think it impossible he could do so much mischeif in so Short a time. Our Armies in Germany are going into Winter quarters; Nothing decisive has been struck in that Quarter. I don’t know Whether You ever saw Lord Downs Character Who was unfortunately killed there the last Campaign; It is rekoned so just, and is at the same time so fine, that I shall make no Apology to giving it You whether You have or not.
The Writer speaking of our surprising the French Camp near the Convent of Campen, Says;
“On this Occasion the English Nation regretted the loss of one of its most shining ornaments in the death of Lord Down, who whilest his gratefull Sovereign was destining him to higher honours, received a Mortal Wound in this battle. He was a person of free and pleasurable life; but of an Excellent understanding, amiable manners, and the most intrepid Courage. In the beginning of this War he had a considerable Share in rousing a Martial Spirit amongst the Young people of rank in England, And having long showed them by a gallant Example how to fight, he at last by a Melancholy one, Shewed them how to dye for their Country.”
I am much Obliged to You and Mrs Washington for Your partiality and good Wishes for me, I desire You will both accept of my unfeigned thanks and most sincere respects; and beleive me to be, what I really am, dear Sir, Your most faithfull and Obedt Servant

Andw Burnaby


Title: Lease to Samuel Johnston, 25 December 1761
From: Washington, George
To: Johnston, Samuel

[Fairfax County, 25 December 1761]

This Indenture made this 25th day of December in the year of Our Lord God One thousand Seven hundred and Sixty one between George Washington of the County of Fairfax in the Colony of Virginia Esquire of the one part and Samuel Johnson of the County and Colony aforesaid of the other part Witnesseth that the said George Washington for and in consideration of the Rents and Covenants herein after expressed on the part and behalf of the said Samuel Johnson his Heirs Exrs or Admrs to be paid done and performd hath demisd granted set and to farm Let unto Samuel Johnson a Plantation whereon Mr William Clifton now lives containing by Estimation Two hundred Acres be the same more or less situate lying and being in the aforesaid County and on Potomack River being part of a greater Tract bought of the said William Clifton &ca by the said George and bounded as followeth viz.—Beginning on the Riverside at a corner of John Sheridens Lot near Timber Landing and extending with his Line (reversd) North West to a path that leads from the said Sheridens to the Tenement whereon Gilbert Simpson Senr now lives thence with the said path according to its present courses which extends along the Fence side of the said William Clifton to a Line of the said Gilbert Simpson—thence with his Line (reversd) North West by West to his Beginning Corner on the River and on the lower side of the Cove—thence down the several Meanders of the River to the first beginning containing as aforesaid—Together with the Rights Members and Appurtenances to the same now belonging or in

any wise appertaining To have and to hold the said Land and other the premises demised unto him the said Samuel Johnson his Heirs Exrs and Admrs for and during the natural lives of him the said Samuel Johnson and Hannah his Wife—for and during which time it shall and may be lawful for him the said Samuel Johnson his heirs Exrs and Admrs to have hold occupy & possess the said Land and every part and parcel thereof with the Appurtenances to the same belonging or in any wise appertaining without the let hindrance molestation or disturbance of him the said George Washington his heirs Exrs Admrs or Assigns or any other Person or Person’s. he the said Samuel Johnson his heirs Exrs and Admrs Yielding and paying therefore unto the said George Washington his heirs Exrs Admrs or Assigns or to whom he or they shall appoint to receive the same the annual Rent of Three Thousand pounds of Crop Tobacco in three Casks qualified according to Law to be paid yearly by the Twenty fifth day of December. and the said Samuel Johnson doth Covenant and agree for himself his heirs &ca to and with the said George Washington his heirs &ca not to sell or dispose of any Timber of the aforesaid Premises, nor have any subtenant on the same during the continuance of this Lease Neither shall he sell his Lease to any without the consent of the said George Washington his heirs Exrs Admrs or Assigns during the said Term and at the decease of the said two Lives or determination of this Lease shall surrender and yield up into the hands and possession of the said George Washington his Heirs Exrs Admrs or Assigns the same Provided always if it shall so happen the said Rent of Three Thousand pounds of Crop Tobacco and Cask be not annually paid within Forty days space next after the same shall become due and payable that then it shall and may be lawful for the said George Washington his Heirs Exrs Admrs or Assigns into the Messuage to ⟨reenter⟩ & having enterd the Goods and Chattels then and there found to lead drive and bear away and the same be detaind and kept untill the said Rent and Arrears of Rent be fully paid and satisfied. But if it shall happen that the said Rent as aforesaid shall be behind or unpaid or any part thereof and sufficient distress on the premises be not found to answer the said Rent and Arrears of Rent as aforesaid that then it shall and may be lawful for the said George Washington his heirs &ca to Reenter and

possess the said premises as if this Lease had never been made any thing herein to the contrary notwithstanding. And the said George Washington doth Covenant and agree that it shall and may be lawful for the said Samuel Johnson his heirs &ca to make use of the most convenient Rail Timber adjoining the Fence upon Sheridens path for the support of the said Fence and for Fire Wood—but for no other uses whatsoever Lastly the said Samuel Johnson doth oblige himself his Heirs &ca to take necessary & proper care of the Fruit Trees upon the said Plantation keeping them defended from all manner of hurt as much as in him lays by Fences &ca In Witness whereof the parties to these presents have hereunto interchangeably set their hands and Seals the day and year first above Written.

Signd Seald & deliverd

Go: Washington

in presence of us

his

Saml ☩ Johnson

mark

At a Court held for the County of Fairfax 16 Feby 1762 George Washington Eqr. & Samuel Johnston acknowledged this Lease to be their Act & Deed & entered to be Recorded Teste P. Wagener Cl. Cur


Title: From George Washington to Robert Stewart, 31 December 1761 [letter not found]
From: Washington, George
To: Stewart, Robert

Letter not found: to Robert Stewart, 31 Dec. 1761. On 25 Feb. 1762 Stewart wrote to GW: “Your most acceptable Favour of the 31st Decemr I this Day had the very great pleasure to receive.”


Title: Memorandum List of Quitrents, 1761
From: Washington, George
To:

[1761]

A List of Lands for which I paid Quit-Rents in the Year 1761—to Tomison Elzey.

In King George County viz.
1250
Acres 1 Year due

Fairfax Mount Vernon
2126

bot of Darrel
500

Ditto of Clifton
1806

4432
Ditto 1 Ditto

Frederick taken up
760

bot of Johnston
552

of McCraken
550

taken up
453

2315
Ditto 1 Ditto

HampshireDo
240
Do  1 Do

Total amount
8237
Ditto 1 Ditto @2/6 prCt £10.6s.od.

Note—on the 20th of July 1762 I paid Mr Tomison Elzey the above Sum of £10.6.0 in full for the Quit Rents of the above Lands untill Michaelmas 1761.

Go: Washington


Title: To George Washington from Robert Cary & Co., 18 January 1762 [letter not found]
From: Robert Cary & Company
To: Washington, George

Letter not found: from Robert Cary & Co., 18 Jan. 1762. On 28 May GW wrote to Robert Cary & Co.: “Your favour of the 18th Jany was presented to me.”


Title: From George Washington to Robert Cary & Company, 25 January 1762
From: Washington, George
To: Robert Cary & Company

Gentlemen,
Mount Vernon 25th January 1762.

By way of Whiteha[ve]n I am furnished with an oppertunity of desiring the favour of you to place the last half years Interest due on Bank-Stock at Michaelmas, to the credit of Miss Patcy Custis’s Account and that you will for the time to come appropriate the said Interest as it arises to the same use that Stock being Assigned her in part of her Fortune.
If this Letter shoud reach your hands in time please to add to my Invoice of October the 12th the following Articles—Viz.

15 yards of handsome Stuff for a Gown for Mrs Washington
3 pieces of Ribbon for trimg a Negligee—Inclosd colour
2 handsome garland Stomachers
50 yards of Small Cord proper for Leading Lines
1 dozn Plow Bridles of the very cheapest sort
15 yards thick Duffield—light colour
2 pr of Sheep Sheers
1 Hunting Whip
1 dozn Iron Potts—to hold from 4 to Ten Gallon’s
1 Cross cut Saw—best sort
10 lb. Isinglass
4 pair best large Bed Blankets
1 piece of blue and white cotton Holland

A Report prevails here that Captn Coverdale (by whom I Shipd you twelve Hhds Tobo) is taken—but I am in hopes your next will contradict it. I am Gentn Yr Most Obedt Hble Servt

Go: Washington


Title: To George Washington from Robert Stewart, 25 January 1762
From: Stewart, Robert
To: Washington, George

At Doctr Walker’s In Albermarle Coty
My Dear SirJanry 25th 1762.
Soon after our last very mortifying Parting I was attackd with a Rheumatism which confind me till some Time after I had the infinite pleasure to hear of your being so much recover’d as to be in condition to return home—So soon as I got able to ride I went to Petersburgh where I put myself under the Direction of Doctor Jamison from whose skill I derivd considerable advantage and on the sitting of the last Assembly I returnd to Williamsburgh where I had the further great satisfaction to hear of your being almost well.
You would no doubt have heard of the Proceedings of the last Assembly with regard to the Corps, but tho’ its vastly short of our expectations yet we had the great satisfaction to see the most eminent Men in the Country warmly espoused our Cause which we esteem a propitious Omen that portends better Success in the next effort our Friends may exert in our Favour—we miss’d your Friendly Offices excessively—I would fain have applied for Liberty to have return’d to Camp by the way of Mount Vernon but as I was by various and unforeseen accidents detain’d from the Regiment much longer than I expected I could not with any Grace ask it—whenever we go to the right about which in all probability will happen in about two Months nothing shall rob me of the Happiness I promise myself from seeing you perfectly recover’d at your own House—I am this

far in my way to Join the Regiment from whence I will do myself the pleasure to write you more fully.
That Heaven may Bless you with the Re-establishmt of perfect good Health and confer on you every thing else that can contribute to compleat your Felicity are the most fervent wishes of him who ever is with the most perfect Esteem and unalterable Regard My Dear Colonel Your most Affectionate & Most Obliged hble Servt

Robert Stewart

I Beg you’ll be so good as to offer my Respectfull Complemts in the most obliging Terms to Mrs Washington.


Title: To George Washington from Robert Stewart, 25 February 1762
From: Stewart, Robert
To: Washington, George

My Dear Sir
Fort Lewis Febry 25th 1762

Your most acceptable Favour of the 31st Decemr I this Day had the very great pleasure to receive and as you therein make no mention of your Disorder I would fain flatter myself with the pleasing hope of your being quite recover’d than a confirmation of which nothing could afford me more real Joy—I had not the good Fortune to receive that you was Pleas’d to write me

from Colo. Bassets. In my last from Doctor Walkers I informd you of the several unforeseen accidts that rob’d me of the pleasure of waiting on you at Mount Vernon there’s nothing I wanted more than the pleasure of a Confab—I have many things to inform you off which I’m perswaded will surprise you but as nothing Travels on Paper in this part of the World without great Danger from Robbrs and Highwaymen or rather lurking Barbarians who are posess’d with an infernal Passion for Pillaging others of what can do themselves no Service, I will defer mentioning some things till I have the Happiness of seeing you which I am at all Events determin’d to enjoy before I leave this Country—Stephens is busy in Discharging the Men and indefaticably Industrious in Recruitg them for an Independant Compy in His Majesty’s Service for the Protection of the Fronteirs—I confess this Scheme of his astonish me and not withstang that Govr Fauquier exerts his utmost Efforts in St[ephen]s favour, that Genl Monckton (who Knows St[ephen]s) is absent and that the Men can at this Juncture be got—yet I cannot conceive that Genl Amherst will give a Compy to a man who has made such a Fortune by the Service and overlook others who have suffer’d so severely by it, however his assurances from Mr Fauqr are so strong that he has nam’d his Subs. & Serjts[.] Cameron, Gist and Menzie are to be his Subs., Mr Fauqr has by Express wrote him a Publick and Private Letter the First which he hands about is full of warm Thanks for his and the Corps Services, the other I am told contains the strongest assurances of his Interest to Serve & promote him amongst other things says that St[ephen]s Scheme is so rational that he cannot see how the Genl can be off and that he (the Governr) soon hopes to congratulate S[tephen]s on his getting an Indept Compy—If so what Perquisites will he not make from his Compy and the Indian Trade &ca.
The last Division of the Regt will be Disbanded abt the 18th of next Month, I then will go to the warm Springs (about 80 Miles from hence) to remove (if possible) the Rheumatism with which I have of late been much afflicted—I propose to be at Williamsburgh towards the last of April and should I not have the pleasure of seeing you there will certainly see you before I embark—I am asham’d of the above confus’d ill wrote Scrawl but

when you know that I write upon my Knee, with Frosen Ink, in an open Smoaky Hut, crowded with noisy people you will forgive it—I beg my most obliging and Respectfull Complements to your Lady That Heaven may Bless you with Health and everything else that render you truely Happy are the most fervent wishes of My Dear Colo. Your unalterably Affecte & Gratefull

Robert Stewart

I would not have wrote you till I had found more Time & some better conveniency but Mr Lucas who goes thro’ Alexa. is just setting out I would not slip an oppy of sendg you my best respects.


Title: To George Washington from Hill, Lamar, & Hill, 28 February 1762
From: Hill, Lamar, & Hill
To: Washington, George

Sir
Madeira 28th Feby 1762

Inclosed you have a Bill of Loading for a pipe of pale wine shiped by order of Messrs Moorey Cary & Compy which we doubt not proving to your Satisfaction a few months hence having been carefully selected. It is 40/ ⅌ pipe cheaper than the particular wines of last year & promises to be much better than any we saw of the former vintage.
We shall value on those Gent. for the Cost as at bottom. We are very respectfully, Sir Your most obliged humb: Servts

Hill Lamar & Hill

No. GWA1

A pipe of wine
£28. 0.0

10 @Ct for Virga gauge
2.16.0

£30.16.
Stg


Title: Petition to the King for the Virginia Regiment, 11 March–10 July 1762
From: Washington, George,Stephen, Adam,Lewis, Andrew
To: George III (of Great Britain)

[c.11 March–10 July 1762]

To the Kings most Excellent Majesty
The Memorial of George Washington, Adam Stephen, and Andrew Lewis Esquires in behalf of themselves and the rest of the surviving Officers and Soldiers who enlisted in the Service of your Majesties late royal Grandfather (of blessed memory) for the Defence and Security of your Majesties Colony and Dominion of Virginia.
Most humbly Sheweth
That the French and the Indians in their Interest having in the year one thousand seven hundred and fifty three and for some time before made many Encroachments and hostile Attempts upon the back and unsettled parts of the said Colony and more especially upon the River Ohio, which were openly avowed in that year by the Commandants of the French forces both at Venango and their Fort on Beef River, his late Majesties then Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Cheif of Virginia taking into Consideration the many Dangers and extreme Difficulties that must attend Forces placed in the midst of Woods and Forests surrounded by Indian Enemies near two hundred miles distant from any Inhabitants except a few scattered plantations scarce able to subsist themselves much less to supply any number of Forces with provisions and other Necessaries and which could be done no other way than by Land carriage, whereas the French who had been some years before stealing into the possession of those parts had erected a chain of Forts all along the River Ohio and the adjacent Lakes several of which had very considerable Garrisons and an easy Communication one with the other by Water, by and with the Advice and Consent of his said late Majesties Council of the said Colony thought fit to publish the following Proclamation.

Virginia s.s. By the Honourable Robert Dinwiddie Esqr. His Majestys Lieutenant Governor and Commander in Chief of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia.
A Proclamation for Encourageing Men to enlist in his Majesties Service for the Defence and Security of this colony

Whereas it is determined that a Fort be immediately built on the River Ohio at the fork of Monongahela, to oppose any further Encroachments or hostile Attempts of the French and the Indians in their Interest and for the security and protection of his Majesties Subjects in this colony and it is absolutely necessary that a sufficient force should be raised to erect and support the same. For an Encouragement to all who shall voluntarily enter into the said Service I do hereby Notify and promise by and with the Advice and Consent of his Majesties Council of this colony that over and above their pay, Two hundred thousand Acres of his Majesty the King of Great Britains Lands on the East side of the River Ohio within this Dominion (one hundred thousand Acres whereof to be contiguous to the said Fort and the other hundred thousand Acres to be on or near the River Ohio) shall be laid off and granted to such persons who by their voluntary Engagement and good Behaviour in the said Service shall deserve the same. And I further promise that the said Lands shall be divided amongst them immediately after the performance of the said Service in proportion due to their respective merit as shall be represented to me by their Officers and held and enjoyed by them without paying any Rights, and also free from the payment of Quit rents for the term of fifteen years. And I do appoint this proclamation to be read and published at the court houses churches and chapels in each county within this colony and that the Sherifs take care the same be done accordingly. Given at the council chamber in Williamsburg on the 9th day of February in the 27th Year of his Majesties Reign Annoque Domini 1754

Robert Dinwiddie

God save the King
That your Memorialists were among the very first that engaged in his late Majesties Service and continued therein and in your Majesties Service as long as they were wanted, and until it pleased God to bless the British Arms with such Success as restores your Majesties possession in those Lands which the French had so unjustly usurped. That as your Memorialists have had the Honour and Satisfaction to have had their Services approved by the General Assembly of their Countrey and the several Generals under whom they served and are not conscious that the least Objection can be raised against their Behaviour

they were in hopes that as soon as the possession had been regained they should have reaped and enjoyed the benefit promised Them by the said Proclamation. But upon Application to your Majesties present Lieutenant Governor and Council of the said Colony your Memorialists received for Answer that they were restrained by your Majesties la⟨te⟩ Instructions from making any Grants in those parts.
Your Memorialists therefore most humbly pray that your Majestie will be graciously pleased to take their Case into your Consideration and grant your Memorialists such Relief as your Majesty in your great Wisdom and Goodness shall see meet.


Title: To George Washington from Robert Stewart, 19 March 1762
From: Stewart, Robert
To: Washington, George

My Dear Colo.
Staunton March 19th 1762

I did myself the pleasure to write you from Doctor Walker’s, I have since from Fort Lewis acknowledg’d the rect of your extreme Friendly and affecte Letter of the 31st December.
A number of our Officers are by Orders assembled here to Settle some Regimental Affairs, which we have just finish’d, and now the Virginia Regt exists no longer, I wish they have not been premature in Disbanding a Corps which might have been very Serviceable in prosecuting a war that does not yet seem to draw to a conclusion—I set out to morrow or next Day for the hot Springs in this County in hopes that the efficacy of their Waters will effectually readicate my Rheumatism & reestablish my Health I propose to stay three or four weeks at the Springs & will then proceed to Winchester on my way to Mount Vernon and as I can by no means think of leaving this Country without enjoyg the happiness of your Compy for a few Days I would be much oblig’d by your sending me a Line to the next Winchester

Court, informing me whether it is most probable I should find you at Home or at Williamsburgh about the latter end of April.
We have just receiv’d accots from Phila. that Sir Jeffry Amherst has made a requisition of a considerable Body of Troops (or rather Men) from all the different Colonies, if this should be true our Assembly will undoubtedly be call’d, and something may occur that will cause a material change in affairs—I would gladly avail myself of any Expedient that could extricate me out of the very mortifying alternative of Joining the Royal Americans as a Sub: or quiting the Service—should a Body of Men be rais’d I imagine it would be no very difficult matter to get me Introduc’d into pretty high Rank, for I cannot think that Colo. Byrd will Serve again, Stepn makes sure of a Compy in the Service and Colo. Lewis has repeatedly declar’d that he never will Serve unless a permanent Provision is made for him, under these circumstances the great object of my endeavours must be to prevent Mr Peachy’s getting Superior Rank which for reasons that will instantly occur to you I could not Submit to—Whatever may cast up I’m well assur’d that you will have a Friendly Eye towards me—The Speaker who possesses a real regard for you would I conceive be the most certain Channel, for by a proper exertion of his Interest which is very prevailing at the Palace, any reasonable point might be carried—Should you not be at the Assembly yourself may I beg your writing by a certain oppy to him on this Subject.
There is nothing here new or entertaining—I most ardently wish you every thing that make you supremely happy and ever am with the most exalted and unalterable Esteem My Dear Sir Your most Affecte & Most Obliged hble Servt

Robert Stewart

I Beg my most Respectfull and obliging Complimts to Mrs Washington.


Title: To George Washington from James Gildart, 29 March 1762
From: Gildart, James
To: Washington, George

Sir
Leverpoole [England] March 29th 1762

I have before me your esteemed favour of the 3d April. am extreamly Sorry for the Comps. you Should make of the Sales of your Tobo wch you are pleased to Say are as well manged as formerly & that Mr Carry of London had made of them £17 to £18 a hhd. I must Confess its a Price that our markett wont Admitt of for them. Consequently so long as you Can make that money of them there I cant expect you Should favor me wth any Share thereof. they formerly would have fetched as much or more money than any Tobo I imported; but for the last Two years I had them their Quallity was quite different. for a fine dry Stout Clean well Scented Tobo noted for Pipeing to a Clamey soft tender Tobo & of wch I did write Mr Valentine. the hhd you so much complain of ⅌ the Everton I do Assure you was a poor tender Tobo made up wth apart Stript leafe wc. was another disadvantage to its Sale—I Should take it as a perticular favour If you would Indulge me wth the Consigt of a Single Ton more of it by way of once more trying our Markett & if it be but of its fine light Chesnut Colour Stout dry & Clean I dont doubt but I could make you an aGreeable Sale that DPC was one famous in every Shop in Our Town & Neghbourd & it would give me great Pleasure to See it so again. Capt. Mulloy I hope will be In York River as soon as this being now Sailed some days from Cork by way of Halifax[.] on looking over my Acct wth the late Coll Custis Estate I find theres a balle due me

of £17.9.8 wch hope will be found to Agree wth yours. I begg my Compliments to your Lady & Am Sir Yr Most Ob. Hum. Sert

Jame. Gildart


Title: Invoice from Robert Cary & Company, 10 April 1762
From: Robert Cary & Company
To: Washington, George

London 10th April 1762.

Invoice of Goods Shipped on board the Unity William Robson for Virginia on the proper acct and risque of Colo. George Washington and goes to him Consigned.

 Richd Farrer & Co. China

1 Dozn China Patty Pans [£]
. 8.

1 Dozn Ribbed Custard Cups
. 5.

 12 breakfast Cups 12 Saucers B[lue] & W[hite] China
.15.

Box
. 6

 Theoda Crowley & Co. Iron

1 Drill Plow, 1 Hoe Ditto—Fitted with Wheels Iron bound and all other Iron Work compleat
7.14. 6

Canvas & Cord
. 3.

 Edwd Hippesley Linnen

2 pieces brown Sheeting 52/
5. 4.

1 piece wte Irish Oznabgs qty 44 Yds 8d.
1. 9. 4

2 pieces silk handkrs. qty ea. 26/
2.12. 0

Trunk & gunnell Wr.
.10.

1 piece of Irish Linnen 212 qty 24 yds 12½
1. 5.

1 piece Ditto 143 qt. 25 2/
2.10.

2 pieces ditto 134 qt. 50 3/6
8.15.

6 yards Book Muslin 10/
3.

1 piece Cambrick 528 35/
1.15.

1 piece Ditto 723 100/
5.

Trunk & Gunnell Wr.
. 6.

 Burges Glover Linnen

8 pieces 838 Ells Oznabrig Linnen @8¼ pr Ell a board
28.16. 1

22 Ells Rolls Wrapper @4
. 7. 4

packing and Cartage
. 2. 6

 Moseley & Co. Blanketg &ca

4 pieces Dutch blanketting @72/6
14.10.

4 dozn plaid Hose No. 4 12/
2. 8.

4 dozn Ditto Ditto 3 11/
2. 4.

2 dozn Ditto Ditto 1 9/
.18.

Pack cloth & Cord for 1 Bale
. 6. 6

 Maudiet & Co. Woolen

4 pieces fine wt. welch Cotton (95 89 96 17) 297 yds @16d.
19.16.

2 pieces Fearnought (33 & 34) 67 yds 21½
6.

16 yds wt. Cotton for Wrapper 11
.14. 8

Canvas & Cord &ca for 1 Bale
. 6. 6

Willm Thoyts

A Still & Head 2 ⟨mutilated⟩ 14½ at 16
15.18.

Richd Rooke

A Worm for Still of 50 Gals. 1 C 1 Q. 14 @12d.
7.14.

Barr & plugs to secure the ends
. 1. 6

A Swan neck on Still head 0.1.10 2 oz. @16d.
2. 8. 2

 Stephen Heath Haby

 6 lb. Shoe thread @15/. 7.6 10 lb. bro: thread @18/ 15/
1. 2. 6

 ¼ Sco[tch] ditto @8/ 2 ¼ lb. ditto @16/ 4/
. 6.

 ¼ fine ditto 20/ 5 ¼ ditto @24/ 6/
.11.

 ¼ fine ditto 32/ 8 1 Gross fine wire buts. 3/
.11.

 2 pi[ece]s fine diapr Tape. 2.4 4 ps. filletting @ 2/3 9/
.11. 4

 ½ dozn best fine pins. 3.6 ½ dozn midg do @ 10/ 5/
. 8. 6

 ½ dozn Caukg do @12/ 6 1 M best Londn Need[le]s 5/
.11.

28 yds rich broad new figures 7½
.17. 6

 2 fashe Fans @2/6 5 2 four Row’d french Neck[lace]s 10/
.15.

 2 Egrets for Do @4/8 1 Rich Satten Cloak 42/
2.10.

 A box 5 [d.] ½ dozn Minaken P[ins] 3/6
. 3.11

 Richd Weale Cutlery

 1 Groce pln Silvd Coat buts. @6/ 6 1 doz. ditto dobrest 3d.
. 6. 3

 1 Glaziers Diamond 13 3 beaufet Corksws @6/ 1/6
.14. 6

 3 best spring ditto @12/ 3 2 pr Horse Scisrs @18/ 3/
. 6.

 2 pr Womens ditto @12/ 2/ 1 dozn brass Thims. 4d.
. 2. 4

 Mount & Page Staty

1 Rheam Writing Paper Cut
.12. 6

½ Rheam Common Ditto uncutt
. 4.

12 doz. Harry Cards for Export @6/
3.12.

Francis Nalder Junr

2 dou: Glo: Cheeses 40¾ @5½
.18. 8

A Case
. 1. 6

 Cartony & Son Tea

6 lb. finest Hyson Tea @18/
5. 8.

4 lb. finest Green Ditto 16/
3. 4.

2 Canisters and box
. 6.

 Davidson & Co. Sadlery

1 dozn Plow bridles @5/
3.

1 whole hunting Whip
. 5.

 James Laman Mustard

6 lbs. of the best flour of Mustard
. 9.

 6 Bottles 1/6 1 Box 9d.
. 2. 3

 Davidson & Co. Sadlery

1 Neat hogskin hunting Saddle full welted, with bent Stirrups & furnr. & Oyld Leather double reined Pelham bridle, the front dble lapt Silk, with a Superfine drab coloured Housing and Saddle Cloth in one with a Silver embraidered border and a best woolen Cirsingle lined neat Leather
4.16. 6

A Portmanteau Saddle with Mail Pillion and Crupper & a pair of Mail Straps
1. 4.

A Spare Mail Pillion with Straps & Crupper
. 3. 9

A Portmanteau 2 ft 6 long with lock
.16. 6

 Richards & Co. Hose

4 pr Womens 3d. suprfine thread @5/6
1. 2.

4 pr ditto do India Cotton @6/
1. 4.

4 pr ditto do fine worsted @6/
1. 4.

Thomas Nalder Gloves

1 dozn Womens kid Mitts
1. 1.

 ½ dozn ditto do Gloves 10/6 ½ dozn Norway doe 9/
.19. 6

 J. Etherington Isinglass

 10 lb. best Isinglass (extream dear) @10/
5. 5.

 J. Gresham Shoes

Two pr Womens black Satten Pumps large 4s
1. 4.

 one pr whe ditto 12 two pr Everlg ditto 13/
1. 5.

 1 pr Callamanca do size 6s. 6.6 3 pr Calf do @4/6 13/6
1.

Wm James Stuffs

3 ps. fustian 24 yds each @21/6
3. 4. 6

 1 ps. Linnen for Linings 23/ Trimgs of all sorts 21/
2. 4.

Mauduit & Co.

1 piece light coloured thick Duffield 20 yds 4/8
4.13. 4

 Chas Brown Corks

20 Groce of Corks @2/
2.

A box
. 1.

The Chest contg the above things No. 9
.17. 6

 Benja. Kenton Porter

12 dozn fine old Porter bottled, packed and wiered @6/6
3.18.

 A Cask 5/ Cartage, Wharfage, & Watermn 18d.
. 6. 6

 Thos Dale Beer

4 Casks of Dorsett Beer contg 41 dozn @5/6
11. 5. 6

41 dozn of Bottles @2/6
5. 2. 6

 4 Casks &ca 30/ Cartg. down &ca 12/9
2. 2. 9

 Saml Ballamy Iron

In a Cask
. 3.

2 12 Inch Spring Stock Locks & Staples
. 8. 4

2 13 Inch Do & Do
. 9. 6

2 14 Inch Do & Do
.12. 6

 12 pr large HL Hinges @6/2 £3.14. 3 pr Sad. Irons @4d. 9/1
4. 3. 1

 6 Carpentrs broad Axes @4/ 24/ 6 best drawg kns. @18d. 9/
1.13.

 6 large claw hamrs @1/6 9/ 6 headg Chissels @8d. 4/
.13.

 6 Scribing do @8d. 4/ 6 broad do @10d. 5/
. 9.

 6 firmer gouges 5d. 2/6 3 ½ Inch Augers @8d. 2/
. 4. 6

 3 ¾ Inch ditto 10d. 2/6 3 one Inch do @14d. 3/6
. 6.

 3 Inch & ¼ ditto 18d. 4/6 6 pr Steel Car[pente]rsComp[asse]s 4d. 2/
. 6. 6

 6–2 foot box Rules 10d. 5/ 1 dozn Chalk lines 1/
. 6.

2 dozn bright boxhandled Gimblets @1/8
. 3. 4

 6 dozn handsaw files @2/ 12/ 3 dozn pitt Saw do @2/26/6
.18. 6

 3 dozn larger ditto @3/ 9/ 1 large Iron Chafg dish 5/6
.14. 6

2 bed Cords to fill up the Cask @1/2
. 2. 4

In a Cask
. 2. 6

25 M 8d. flat point Nails 11 lb. @3/5
4. 5. 5

In a Cask
. 2. 6

22 M 10d. flat point Nails 14 lb. @4/3
4.13. 6

In a Cask
. 2. 6

 5 M 2d. Rose Nails @1/3 0.6.3 5 M 3d. ditto @1/6½0.7.8½
.13.11 1/2

 25 M 4d. ditto 4 lb. @1/8 2.1.8 10 M 6d. flat pts 7 lb.2/7½ 1.6.3
3. 7.11

 5 M 2d. brads @1/3. 6.3 5 M 3d. ditto @1/6½ 0.7.8½
.13.11 1/2

 5 M 4d. ditto @1/8 8.4 5 M 6d. ditto 2/7½ 13.1½
1. 1. 5 1/2

1 Dozn Scyth Stones 1
. 1.

In a Bundle & Canvas
. 6

6 best Steel Garden Spades @3/9
1. 2. 6

2 Bramble Scythes with furniture @4/6
. 9.

 Newnham & Co. Grocery

 12 dble lo[aves sugar] 1. ⟨illegible⟩ .19 @13d.£7.1.11  12 Sing. do 0.3.1 @88/ 3.6.9
10. 8. 8

 Black pepper 12 @20d. 1 Nutts 1 9/6
1. 9. 6

 Mace ½ @16/ 8 Cloves ½ @16/ 8
.16.

Cinnamon ½ @16/ 8
. 8.

Best Raisins 1 Jarr 0.1.13 ⟨£⟩15 Nt 26 @64/
.14.10

Almonds in the Shells 3 pecks @6/
.18.

 Pearl Barley 4 lb. @5d. 1s. 8d. Sago 4 lb. @2/6 10/
.11. 8

 Saloop 2 lb. 7/ 14 Figg blue 3 lb. @2/ 6/
1.

 Powderblue 1. 2/ 2 1 Barr & Cartg. 4/3
. 6. 3

 Thos Johnson Turnery

12 Coarse Sifters
. 7.

6 large hair brooms
.12.

6 large blacking Balls
. 6.

 6 Mops 6/ 6 lawn bottoms 5/
.11.

A large Matt & Cord
. 1. 2

 Wm Maile Paint &ca

Two Rundlets white Lead Ground

2.2.17      17

2.2.19      15 1/2

5.1. 8    1. 4 1/2

1. . 4 1/2

Nt 5.0. 3 1/2 @34/ prCt
8.11. 1

Two Rundlets with two Iron whoops to ea. @4/
. 8.

One Rundlet Spanish brown ground
. 2. 6

1.1.20 1/2

   .11 1/2

Nt 1.1. 9  @30/ prCt
1.19.11

One Jarr
. 8. 6

19 Gallons 3 Quarts Lamp Oyl @2/6
2. 9. 4

Richd Clay—Pickles

 3 bottles French Olives 15/ 1 ditto Girkens 5/
1. 0. 0

 1 Ditto Walnuts 3/ 2 ditto Capers 8/
.11.

 2 ditto Anchovies 15/ 2 ditto fine Oyl 10/
1. 5.

 1 ditto India Mangoes 8/ 12 pottle Sqrs. Case & Lk 16/
1. 4.

Edd Neale—Seeds

 2 Bushels Tares @4/ 8s. od. 1 Bushl com: Rey grass 3/
.11.

 1.0.21 Hop clover @20/ 1.3.9 a bag 1/ in 2 Casks 4/6
1. 9. 3

P. Wolfe

Trunk
.11. 6

 E. Hippisley Linnen

1 piece Cotton holland qty 31½ yds @2/2
3. 8. 3

 Wm James Stuff.

15 yds blossom & yellow changeable paris Luster 3/
2. 5.

 J. Disbury Shoes &ca

1 pair dble Ch[annele]d Hussar Boots s[ewe]d lea[the]rs
1.10.

1 pair neat Boots wh sd Tops & Lrs
1. 8.

2 pr wd. heel Shoes & 1 pr Pumps
1. 5. 6

1 pr dble Chand Pumps
.10. 6

1 pr leathr heeled Shoes & 1 pr Pumps
.16.

2 pr Boot Garters
. 8.

4 pr Servants Shoes
1. 0. 0

J. Payne—Plate

1 pair of neat Silver Spurrs
1. 7. 6

Steane & Mander

3 pieces garnet 6d. purld Taffety @7/
1. 1.

Weight of Silk o lb. 4 oz.

 Peter Berg Stays

1 pair Stays of Jeans
1.15.

 F. Montague Millinary

2 handsome blon[d] Lace & Garland Stomachers
1.16.

P. Bell

1 pair of Dice as a present

J. Etherington—Apothecary

 12 oz. Diascordium 3/ 12 Oz. Venice Treacle 5/
. 8.

 9 oz. Spirits hartshorne 3/ 12 oz. Salvolatili 6/
. 9.

 10 oz. Spts Lavender 3/4 4 oz. Liquid Laudm 2/8
. 6.

 1 Qt Spirit of wine 3/6 1 Qt do Camphorated 4/6
. 8.

 4 oz. Camphire 2/ 8 oz. crude opium 9/
.11.

2 lb. Jesuits Bark powdered
1. 4.

1 lb. 2 Oz. Ointment of Marshmallows
. 1.10

4 Oz. Volatile Salt Sal Armoniac
. 3. 4

Bottles, Potts, & Boxes
. 4.

P. Wolfe

1–2 foot 6 Portmanteau Trunk &ca
.15.

P. Bell

4 pair of fine large Blankets
5. 8.

 Fonblanque &ca Wine

4 Gallons Rhenish Wine @6/8
1. 6. 8

Pint Bottles
. 6. 8

Hamper
. 1.

3 Gallons Canary Wine @10/
1.10.

pint Bottles
. 5.

Hamper
. 1.

Crowley & Co.—Iron

2 pair of Sheep Shears
. 2. 4

1 Steel x cut Saw
.15. 6

50 yds leading line
. 1.

Canvas board and Cord
. 2. 6

12 Iron Potts W. 3 C 2 Q. 16 lb. @16/
2.18. 3

[total]
332.13. 5

Entry out Searchrs Fees & Shipg Chas: 4.18. 0

Freight primage & Bills of Loadg 10. 8.
15. 6.

Premium on 380 Insur’d at 5 Gs. prCt & p[olic]y
20. 3. 6

368. 2.11

Coms. @2½ prCt
9. 4. 1

[£]377. 7.

Errors Excepted pr Robt Cary & Co.


Title: To George Washington from Robert Cary & Co., 1 May 1762 [letter not found]
From: Robert Cary & Company
To: Washington, George

Letter not found: from Robert Cary & Co., 1 May 1762. On 18 Sept. GW wrote to Robert Cary & Co.: “I have now to acknowledge the receipt of your favours of April the 10th and 1st of May.”


Title: From George Washington to William Dandridge, 20 May 1762
From: Washington, George
To: Dandridge, William

Dear Sir,
Mount Vernon 20th May 1762

Soon after the Appraisment of the Decd Colo. Custis’s Estate it seemed to be a matter of doubt whether Davy (a boy) who was appraised among his Negroes belonged to him, or Mr Dandridge your Father. Your Bro: then having, as I have understood, the Administration of his Affairs, conceived him to be the property of the latter and offered the boy to Mrs Washington at the Appraisment price, which She agreed to, and I thought the thing had been concluded upon, but as it appeared to be a matter liable to dispute I intended to take the Courts direction’s upon it (allowing John Custis in case they thought he ought to be given, for the loss he woud sustain by it) untill mentioning the Affair again to your Bro:, he told me that he now had nothing to do in it, and that I must speak to you about it—I was a little surprizd at this, yet nevertheless intended to do so when I was down last, but delaying it from time to time at length forgot it altogether. I therefore take this method of knowing if it is agreeable to you for me to take the boy at the Appraisd price, provided the Court shall adjudge the Right to him to lye in your Father. Mr Bassett & yr Brother were consenting when I talked to them, and as Mrs Washington relinquished her right to a Childs part of the whole Estate, and seems desirous of making a Gardner of this boy, I imagine you will not be against it; however, please to let me know yr Sentiments upon the occasion as that is to determine my Application to the Court or not.
Please to offer my Complimts to Mrs Dandridge & your little Sister’s—at all times I shall be glad to see you at this place, & am Dr Sir Yr Most Obedt Servt

Go: Washington


Title: From George Washington to Capel & Osgood Hanbury, 28 May 1762
From: Washington, George
To: Capel & Osgood Hanbury

Gentn
Mount Vernon 28th May 1762

Your favour of the 1st of October I did not receive till yesterday, where it has lain ever since is not easy to imagine—I have examined the Acct Currt therein Inclos’d and believe it to be right saving that it wants credit for the Tobo lost in the Deliverance—your next possibly will acct for that, as well as the other Tobo taken in the Joseph.
I have met with very bad luck in all the Tobo I have attempted to ship to your address, which has, together with the very moderate prices you have generally given almost discouraged me from continuing a corrispondance which seems to be attended with manifest disadvantages on my side. however when I am informed of your havg a Ship in York River (for at present I live upon Potomack many Miles distant from thence) I will direct some Tobo to be put on board of her, and hope you will make the best Market you can of it. I am Gentn Yr Most Obedt Hble Servt

Go: Washington


Title: From George Washington to Robert Cary & Company, 28 May 1762
From: Washington, George
To: Robert Cary & Company

Gentlemen,
Mount Vernon 28th May 1762

Your unacknowledged favours of the 26th June 10th Augt 16 & 19th Septr and the 19th of Octr following now lye before—in that one of Augt 10th I perceive you bring the shortness of some of the Bundles of the Tobo Shipped in the Bland to acct for the lowness of the Price—That some of the Tobo was small I shall not undertake to dispute, but at the sametime I must observe that it was clean & neatly handled which I apprehended woud have rendered the other objection of very little weight—As to stemming my Tobo in the manner you recommend I woud readily do it if the returns woud be equivalent to the trouble, & loss of the Stem, and of this I shall be a tolerable judge as I am at no small pains this year to try the quality with the advantages & disadvantages of different kinds of Tobos and shall at the sametime find out the difference between a hhd of Leaf & a hhd of Stemmd Tobo by comparing then the loss of the one with the extra price of the other I shall be able to determine which is the best to pursue & follow that method which promises the most certain advantages.
Some of the Tobo which I put on board the Unity Captn Cuzzens got damaged in carrying to the Warehouses for Inspection & had a part cut of which will no doubt deface it a little but as this happened while I was at Williamsburg I am able to give you no exact Information concerning it—In this parcel of Tobo there are three kinds which please to give me yr opinions upon—No. 1 to 6 Inclusive are of one kind—from 9 to 14 are of another—& 15 & 16 are of a third sort—the rest are of the same kinds of these three but made on other Plantations.
As I have ever laid it down as an established Maxim to believe that every person is, (most certainly ought to be) the best judges of What relates to their own Interest & Concerns I very rarely undertake to propose Schemes to others which may be attended with uncertainty & miscarriage—this will at once acct for my being among the last who shoud advise your sending a Vessell into Potomack for the accomodation of your Friends there. That I have often thought of it as a desirable thing for the Shippers, I will readily confess and have as often concluded that so

soon as you found an established consignment formed here you woud do it of course—and sooner we ought not to expect it—Since you have proposed the matter yourself to me—I certainly must approve of it, and as you are so obliging to write that you shall direct the Matter to be under my notice I hope you will be perswaded to believe that I shall readily contribute my best advice and assistance towards his dispatch—The Tobacco’s of most of your friends upon Potomack (or that Ships from thence) lyes within 15 Miles above & below this place, and as good, or the best harbour (Piscataway) is within sight of my Door—It has this great advantage besides good Anchorage & laying safe from the Winds that it is out of the way of the Worm which is very hurtful to Shipping a little lower down & lyes in a very plentiful part of the Country—I thought it incumbant upon me to mention these things after which do as you please. If I had receivd any Intimation of your sending a Vessell into this River I shoud not have engaged any part of my Tobo to Cuzzens, & while I remain in expectation of her arrival will not seek a freight else where for the residue of what I intend your house from this River which probably may amount to about 30 hhds more.
My Letter of the 25th of Jany will inform you how the Interest of the Bank stock is to be applied—as that fund was appropriated towards the payment of Miss Custis’s Fortune I am informed that the Stock ought to be transferred to her. you will please therefore to have it done accordingly and whatever charges may arise in so doing place to her own Acct. I hope Messrs Hill & Co. will send the wine into this River for I had rather have it in Madeira than York.
Thus far had I wrote & was going to conclude when your favour of the 18th Jany was presented to me—I am sorry to hear the Accts given of the Tobo Shipped in Boyes but as you don’t particularize the proprietor’s names who suffered most I am in hopes my 70 hhds have pretty well escaped the ge[ne]r[a]l complaint—If it has not I confess it to be an Art beyond my skill, to succeed in making good Tobo as I have used my utmost endeavours for that purpose this two or 3 years past—& am once again urged to express my surprize at finding that I do not partake of the best prices that are going—I saw an Acct

rendered by Mr Athaws of some Tobo which he sold for Mr Fairfax at 12½d. the Tobo went from this River & I can aver was not better than 12 hhds of my Mountn Crop which you receivd in the Sarah & Bland last Summr—In fact Mr Fairfax’s Plantation’s & mine upon Shannondoah lye in the same neighbourhood—The Tobo brought to the same Inspection—and to be short, is in all respects exactly alike—none of mine however sold for more than 11d. or 3½ which you please while his went of a little before at the price of 12½ aforesaid—this is a difference really too great & I see it with concern—however Gentlemen I hope to find it otherwise for the time to come. I am Yr Most Obedt Hble Servt.

Go: Washington


Title: From George Washington to Robert Cary & Company, 3 June 1762
From: Washington, George
To: Robert Cary & Company

Gentn
Mount Vernon 3d June 1762

The Inclosed is a Copy of my last (of the 28th May) the intent of this is to tell you that I was in an error when I said Mr Athaws had given Mr Fairfax 12½. for his Tobo. The Acct I then saw was by Letter and appeared to be as I wrote 12½. but since my observation of this matter in my last I have seen a more distinct acct rendered to Mr Carlyle who is acting Attorney for Mr Fairfax and there it is only 12. I am Gentn Yr Most Obedt Hble servt

Go: Washington


Title: From George Washington to Richard Washington, 3 June 1762
From: Washington, George
To: Washington, Richard

Dear Sir,
Mount Vernon 3d June 1762

On board the Unity Captn Cuzzens I put four hhds Tobacco to your Consignment, intending to have advised you of it by our early Ships but an Embargo being ordered, and the Unity ready, she cleared and slipped out (as I am told) before I got notice of it; by which means you will probably receive the Tobacco before this advice, which cannot however be attended with any disadvantages, as I did not purpose to Insure.
I now address this by the Packet from New York, as the most expeditious method of transmitting this Information, and am Dr Sir Yr Most Obedt & Affecte Servt

Go: Washington


Title: Memorandum List of Tithables, 9 June 1762
From: Washington, George
To:

[Mount Vernon, c.9 June 1762]

A List of Tythables in Fairfax County—given into Captn Daniel McCarty—June 9th 1762—viz.
George Washington
Ho. Servants: Thomas Bishop, Breechy, Schomberg, Jack, Doll, Jenny, Betty, Phillis, Moll, Sall, Kate. Carpenters: Turnr Crump, Anthony, Will, Morris, George, Michael, Tom, Sam, Ned. Smiths: Peter, London. Miller: George. Ditcher: Robt Haims. Ho. House: Burgs Mitchell, Jack, Jack, Jack, Ned, James, Charles, Davy. Dogue Run: John Alton, Peros, Will, Cæsar, Troy, Stafford, Betty, Sarah, Sue, Lucy. Creek Plann: Josias Cook, Matt, Cupid, Will, Jenny, Kitty. Muddy hole: Edwd Violette, Grig, Will, Jupiter, Essex, Sam, Betty, Ruth, Hannah, Kate, Phœbe. River Plann: Saml Johnson [Jr.], Tom, Ben, George, Robin, Nat, Peg, Murria, Clœ, Flora, Doll—GW. In all—71.


Title: From George Washington to Richard Washington, 20 June 1762
From: Washington, George
To: Washington, Richard

Dear Sir,
Mount Vernon 20th June 1762

On the other side you will find a Copy of my Last—I was then misinformed of the Unity’s Sailing—It is true an Embargo was expected, and it was likewise said that, that Ship had orders to clear Out & run for it but the Embargo not taking place, She is not yet gone—on the contrary is waiting to Sail under Convoy of the Chesterfield Man of War who it is supposed will leave this Country with what Ships are ready sometime this Month.
I have not had the pleasure of a Letter from you since the first of Jany last Year, but expect one by the London Fleet whose arrival is hourly looked for I remain Dr Sir Yr Most Obedt & Affecte

Go: Washington


Title: To George Washington from Capel & Osgood Hanbury, 29 July 1762
From: Capel & Osgood Hanbury
To: Washington, George

Esteem’d ⟨Friend⟩
London July 29. 1762

It is now near 12 Months since the date of thy last favr to us whh we remark wth concern. The loss ⟨mutilated⟩ the deliver⟨ance⟩ remains in the same state as when we wrote ⅌ the Fleet ⟨th⟩e want of our good Friend the Speaker’s Bill of Ladeing to prove to the Insurers that his Tobacco was on board that Ship. It is also unlucky that the want of Bills of Ladeing for some Tobacco and Indigo shipt on board the Joseph (wch are not come to hand) the settlement of ⟨that⟩ loss is also retarded,

the Manifests of both these Ships sent to the Custom House from the Navel Offic⟨er⟩ in Virginia have miscarried otherwise that woud have been allow’d by the Insurers as a sufficient proof of Interest on board that Ship, from the Gentlemen for whose ⟨Accot⟩ the Insurance was made.
We expect the Fauquier very soon & hope by her to receive some Consignments from thee & we assure thee that we will use our best endeavours to make the most thereof & if it be real fine Tobacco we hope to get a good price for it for midling & ordinary the demand is very slacke.
Peace is much ⟨talkd of⟩ that it is near at hand is very far from a certainty a short time will determine the question We are wth Esteem Thy Assurd Friends

C. & O. Hanbury


Title: To George Washington from Joseph Valentine, 3 August 1762
From: Valentine, Joseph
To: Washington, George

Sir
August 3d 1762

my not hearing from you in so Long a time has put me under a very Great Consern to Know what to do with your tobaco this makes the third Letter I have Rote to you Concerning the tobaco and never have had any answer or heard one silible from you and now am abligd to get the tobo on Bord the ships ass fast ass posable or have Every hogshed Left out ass the ships is to sale the 20th of next month they are in a very great hurrey a Loading and Load very fast Capt. Boyes tels me he has Refusd above 400 hhds al Readey. but he is to take all yours ass you have heare and 60 hogsheds of mr ⟨mutilated⟩ and the Rest of mr Custises is to go on Bord Mr Hanbearys ship which is near the orders you gave me Last year—if your mind is olterd or I have done Rong pray Sir dont Blame me for I Cud not hear from you and was abligd to do ass I did or have the tobaco all

Left in the Curtry, I am now a inspecting the tobaco to get it on Bord ass fast ass posable and ass soon ass it is done shall send you a List of all the Crops and the ships it is put on Bord—and Remain Sir your most humble Servent

Joseph Valentine


Title: From George Washington to Mayne, Burn, & Mayne, 6 August 1762
From: Washington, George
To: Mayne, Burn, & Mayne

Gentn
Mount Vernon 6th Augt 1762

From the Character given of your House by Messrs Carlyle & Dalton I take the Liberty of desiring you to send me a Pipe of your best Lisbon Wine. for the value of whh please to draw on Robert Cary Esqr. & Co. Merchts London who shall be duely advertised thereof and will pay your Bills upon demand.
This Wine may receive a Freight in any of Mr Galloway’s, or Mr Ringold’s Vessells or in short in any manner that you may judge best. please to address for—On Potomack River Virginia. I am Gentn Your most Obedt Hble Servt

Go: Washington


Title: To George Washington from Robert Cary & Co., 24 August 1762 [letter not found]
From: Robert Cary & Company
To: Washington, George

 Letter not found: from Robert Cary & Co., 24 Aug. 1762. On 26 April 1763 GW wrote to Robert Cary & Co.: “I have your favours of the 10th and 24th of August . . . now lying before me.”


Title: From George Washington to Burwell Bassett, 28 August 1762
From: Washington, George
To: Bassett, Burwell

Dear Sir
Mount Vernon, 28th August 1762

I was favoured with your Epistle wrote on a certain 25th of July when you ought to have been at Church, praying as becomes every good Christian Man who has as much to answer for as you have—strange it is that you will be so blind to truth that the enlightening sounds of the Gospel cannot reach your Ear, nor no Examples awaken you to a sense of Goodness—could you but behold with what religious zeal I hye me to Church on every Lords day, it would do your heart good, and fill it I hope with equal fervency—but heark’ee—I am told you have lately introduced into your Family, a certain production which you are lost in admiration of, and spend so much time in contemplating the just proportions of its parts, the ease, and conveniences with which it abounds, that it is thought you will have little time to animadvert upon the prospects of your Crops, &c.—pray how will this be reconciled to that anxious care and vigilance, which is so escencially necessary at a time when our growing Property—meaning the Tobacco—is assailed by every villainous worm that has had an existence since the days of Noah (how unkind it was of Noah now I have mentioned his name to suffer such a brood of Vermin to get a birth in the Ark) but perhaps you may be as well of as we are—that is, have no Tobacco for them to eat and there I think we nicked the Dogs, as I think to do you if you expect any more—but not without a full assurance of being with a very sincere regard D. Sir, Yr Mo Affect. & Obed.

Go. Washington

P.S. don’t forget to make my compls to Mrs. Bassett, Miss Dudy, & the little ones, for Miss Dudy cannot be classed with the small people without offering her great Injustice—I shall see you I expect about the first of November.


Title: Agreement with Nelson Kelly, 1 September 1762
From: Washington, George,Kelly, Nelson
To:

[1 September 1762]

Articles of agreement made and concluded upon this First day of September One thousand Seven hundred and Sixty two between George Washington of Fairfax County Gentn of the one part and Nelson Kelly Planter of the other part Witnesseth that the said Nelson Kelly for the considerations hereafter to be mentioned doth covenant and agree to and with the said George Washington that he will well and truely serve the said Washington his heirs &ca in the Capacity of an Overseer at his Quarters on Doegs Run known by the names of Gists and Ashfords for the ensuing year; That is to say he will use his utmost endeavours to make a large and good Crop of Corn, Tobacco, and what else may be required. That he will take all necessary and proper care of the Negroes committed to his management, treating them with humanity and tenderness when Sick, and preventing them when well, from running about and visiting without his consent; as also to forbid strange Negroes frequenting their Quarters without lawful excuses for so doing. The said Nelson Kelly doth also oblige himself to take all imaginable care of the said Washingtons Stock as well of Cattle, Sheep, & Hogs as of Horses; and that he will exert his utmost skill and Industry to raise of each sort as many as he can and this he is to

do by a diligent attendance in seeing to the feeding and management of them, and to a regular Penning & Counting of the Cattle and Sheep at Nights as well for their preservation, as for their Dung, which is so essentially necessary in Cropping. He doth further oblige himself to grow such kinds of Tobacco as the said Washington shall direct, and manage it in all respects exactly as he shall require; more especially he shall Stem at least one full fourth part of his whole Crop, including the under Tobacco and such as is small, spotted, or otherwise unfit for choice Leaf. He is also in growing his Tobacco to use caution in not overtopping—to put no more than Six leaves in a bundle the Tyer included—and in Prizing to shew the greatest neatness, and caution in the packing; so that the Tobacco when it comes to the Warehouse (where the said Washington will always attend) may appear very good, very neat, and very clean. The said Nelson Kelly doth also oblige himself to use his best endeavours to get his Corn Fodder, and Hay (if any there shoud be) in good time, and not suffer those, because he shares no part of it, to take greater damage than other things. He is also to keep the Key of the Corn House, deliver out the Corn, and use great frugality therein. He likewise is, in case the said George shoud judge it expedient, to beat the Apples which may be found upon the Plantations into Cyder making as much as he can thereof. Moreover the said Nelson Kelly is to furnish himself with a Bed &ca and is obligated by this Instrument of writing to keep no horse, or other Creature of his own at the said Plantation’s and is to allow a share of Corn for every Plow and two Horses which the said George Washington shall allot to the Quarters. And whereas nothing is more common than for the generallity of Overseers to guess at the Compliment of Ground (both Corn and Tobacco) which they design for a Crop by which means they sometimes have not half a sufficiency, and at others more than they can manage; now to prevent these Inconveniences the said Nelson Kelly is required, and obliged to count his ground for both Corn & Tobacco with the greatest care and exactness and provide a proper quantity for each and as far as in him lyes to have the whole secured under proper Fencing, that his Tobacco, as well as Corn, may not be exposed to such destruction and loss as is frequently occasioned by horses and Cattle’s breaking of it down and trampling thereon. Last[l]y

the said Nelson Kelly doth oblige himself to take the greatest care of all the working Tools and Plantation Utensils, and render an Acct of them, or their value, whenever they are called for—to remain constantly on the Plantations—and to give due attendance on his People—and as a conclusion to the whole, to obey all such Lawful & reasonable Order’s as from time to time he may receive from the said George Washington.
And now these things being all duely performed and done on the part and behalf of the said Nelson Kelly the said George Washington in consideration thereof, doth for himself his heirs &ca agree to furnish the said Plantations with fourteen Negroe sharers and to allow the said Nelson Kelly for looking after the same in the manner before expressed, one clear share and three Qrs of all the Tobacco, Corn, and other grain which he the said Nelson Kelly shall make on the aforesaid Plantations, but in cases where Services are performed by hands not under the said Nelson Kelly and for which a benifit will accrue also to him, such as for Reaping, Thrashing or &ca that then the said Nelson is to contribute his proportionable part towards defraying the said Expences. The said George Washington doth also agree to give the said Nelson Kelly as an allowance for his years provision’s four hundd weight of Meat and three Shoats under Six months old to be killed at different times when it best suits the said Nelson Kelly (he taking care to let his said Employer know when he does do it) and a sufficiency of Corn to support himself wife and Children & a Negroe boy who is to work for it. he also consents to his having the use and benefit of two Milch Cows. And whereas it appears clear, from the whole tenure of these Articles, that the said George Washington is aiming at having his Tobacco managed in the neatest and best manner imaginable, which may in some measure lessen the quantity, he does therefore promise and agree as an encouragement for the said Nelson Kelly to comply the more strictly with his Intention’s herein to give him one Shilling and Six pence pr hundred more for the Tobacco which Falls to his share than the general Cash price wch that Commodity bears upon Potomack—Or if any Merchant or other Person chooses to bid for his Tobacco, in that case the said Washington will give as much as another or leave him at liberty to sell elsewhere but the refusal must be given to the said George Washington.

For the true and faithful performance of all and each of the several Articles herein contained as well on the part of the said Nelson Kelly as on that of the said George Washington the Partys doth each to the other bind themselves their heirs &ca in the Penal Sum of Twenty five pounds Currt Money of Virginia, the day and year first above written. Signed, Sealed, & Delivered in the Presence of.

hisNelson N KellyMarkGo: Washington


Title: From George Washington to Capel & Osgood Hanbury, 11 September 1762
From: Washington, George
To: Capel & Osgood Hanbury

Gentn
Mount Vernon 11th Septr 1762

On Board the America Captn Lewis I have Shipped you Twelve hhds of Master John Parke Custis’s Tobacco on which please to make Insurance so as to receive Ten pounds pr hhd in case of Loss. The amount of Sales when the Tobacco is received & Sold must be placed to his Credit. I am Gentn Yr mo. obedient

Go: Washington


Title: From George Washington to James Gildart, 11 September 1762
From: Washington, George
To: Gildart, James

Sir,
Mount Vernon 11th Septr 1762

On Board the Johnson Captn Mulloy I have Shipped you Six hhds Tobacco belonging to Master John Parke Custis, on which

please to make proper Insurance, and place the amount of Sales to his Credit. I shall write more fully in my next at present I have only to add that, I am Gentn Yr mo. hble Servt

Go: Washington


Title: From George Washington to Beverley Robinson, 27 September 1762
From: Washington, George
To: Robinson, Beverley

Dear Sir,
Mount Vernon 27th Septr 1762

Collo. Carlyle, the bearer of this, going to New York to dispose of some English Horses which he has been encouraged to carry thither, affords me the best of oppertunity’s to present my Compliments to your Lady, self, & Family & to ask how you have all done during an Interval of 3 or 4 years spent in profound

silence with each other; thô not without constant enquiries on my side after a family from whom I have received such distinguishing marks of Civility.
I have been told that refined Sugar & Spirma-ceti Candles come at very easy rates from New York if you will please therefore to accept of a small Commission from me I woud beg the favour of you to send me

200 weight of Sugar
2 Boxes Spirma-ceti Candles
2 Boxes white Bisquet—not buttered—&
3 Barrels of best Apples

few oppertunitys I conceive will happen directly to Alexandria (near to wch place I live) but many probably may offer to Norfolk with which place we have a constant Intercourse be so good then Sir as to direct them to the care of Collo. Tucker, or any of your corrispondants there, and let me know the method in which it woud be most agreable to pay you and it shall be punctually observed.
We have little or no domestick News. none howevr at this time that can give entertainment, and all other kinds which comes to our knowledge is thrô your Chanl. I have only to desire therefore that you will please to accept of my sincere good wishes for yourself & Family and that you will make a tender of my best respects to Mrs Philips, and Mrs Morris when you see her. I am Dr Sir Yr mo. obedt hble servt

Go: Washington


Title: From George Washington to Robert Cary & Company, 30 September 1762
From: Washington, George
To: Robert Cary & Company

Gentn
Mount Vernon 30th Septr 1762.

Since mine of the 18th the Lætitia is arrived, and the Box of Shoes for Miss Custis come to hand; but of so small a size as not to fit her.
I have already directed Thirty one Hhds of my Tobacco to be put on board that Ship, on which please to make Insurance in such a manner as to receive Eight pounds pr hhd in case of loss. Her arriving at the time she did, was fortunate, (since she did not come sooner) For Collo. Lee it seems, had just Chartered a Vessell for the accomodation of himself and Friends which, had the Contract gone into execution, might have been hurtful in many respects: I have not yet seen Captn Hammond, nor do I know what may be his dependance on that Gentleman; but this I am confidant of, that much Tobacco which he might have commanded at a proper time is now disposed of in other Bottoms; for his coming was so late, and arrival so precarious, that few people chose to risque the advantages of the expected Convoy the 20th past. A Convoy which seems now to have vanished as the Man of War did in June last; and our Ships left to depart by themselves, or wait upon Charges and uncertainty, for what never may happen. It is hoped however, that the Lætitia can meet with no great delay since Collo. Lee in consequence of his Chartering the Peggy, & asking my Tobacco for her, wrote me, that if Hammond shoud arrive, which he did not then expect, there woud still be Tobacco enough left to Load him; this I suppose he advanced upon good foundation, and therefore no disappointment one woud think, coud happen in his dispatching of one Vessell.
In a Letter of the 6th of August to Messrs Mayne, Burne, and Mayne’s Merchts in Lisbon I desired them to send me a Pipe of that Wine, and draw upon you for the value; I expect also to have occasion for another Pipe of Madeira in a very little time, but as I shall write to a different House (than Hill’s) for it, you will be advised of my order so soon as it Issues for the Wine.
Yours of the 31st of May, Inclosing the Sales of 21 hhds DPC is come to hand, and your next will probably transmit an Acct of the remaining JC & DPC—what you have done in regard to

the 2 hhds GW is very agreable, and I hope Mr Giles the purchaser will be a gainer by it.
Upon the Important conquest of the Havanna, I heartily congratulate you; a stroke so signally given at the commencement of a War must ever proove the sure means of humbling a proud People and settling Peace upon an honourable, & permanent footing; that this soon may happen is a sincere wish of Gentn Yr Most Obedt Hble Servt

Go: Washington


Title: From George Washington to George William Fairfax, 30 October 1762
From: Washington, George
To: Fairfax, George William

Dear Sir,
Mount Vernon 30th Octr 1762.

I am sorry to be the Messenger of ill news, but it is incumbent upon me to inform you of the Death of the Mare you committed to my care. how she died, I am able to give you but a very unsatisfactory acct, for on the 3d Instt I set out for Frederick and left her to all appearance as well as a Creature coud be—(Mr Green and I observing a day or two before, how fat and frolicksome She seemed) and on my return in 8 days time, I got the

News of her death. She discovered no visible Signs of ailment as I am told in the morning of the 7th, when let out of the Stable, but before Night was swelled to a monstrous size and died in a few hours—Bishop (my old Servant) opened her but coud perceive no hurt, bruise, or other apparant cause of so sudden a death; which Inclines me to think it was occasioned by eating blasted Corn, a peice of which I had in ground I wanted to clean, and never coud fence my Chariot Horses of it; the rest consequently followed, and this I am perswaded puffed her up in the manner related. She had no Foal in her, which assures me that she never woud Breed, as I am convinced she had a competent share of Ariel’s performances; not content with which, She was often catched in amorous moods with a young horse of mine not withstanding my utmost endeavours to keep them asunder. you will feel the loss of this accident more sensibly, but cannot be more concerned at the acct, than I was, for I had pleased myself with the thoughts of delivering her to you in fine order, when you returnd to Belvoir.
We receive the News of your return with a great deal of pleasure—& if there is any thing previous to it in which I can be serviceable I hope you will command me—you did me singular Services in a like case, and why wont you give me an oppertunity of making a grateful return. Mrs Washington writes to Mrs Fairfax under this cover, to whom, & Miss Fairfax please to offer my best wishes. I am Dr Sr Yr Mo. Obedt Hble Servt

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Title: To George Washington from Robert Cary & Co., 30 October 1762 [letter not found]
From: Robert Cary & Company
To: Washington, George

 Letter not found: from Robert Cary & Co., 30 Oct. 1762. On 26 April 1763 GW wrote to Robert Cary & Co.: “I have your favours of the . . . 30th of Octor & 4th of Decr now lying before me.”