Title: Address from the Officers of the Virginia Regiment, 31 December 1758
From: Officers of the Virginia Regiment
To: Washington, George

To George Washington Esqr. Collo. of the Virginia Regiment & Commander of all the Virginia Forces The humble Address of the Officers of the Virginia Regiment
SirFort Loudoun, Decr 31st 1758
We your most obedient and affectionate Officers, beg Leave

to express our great Concern, at the disagreeable News we h⟨ave received⟩ of your Determination to resign the Command of that Corps, in which we have under you long ⟨served⟩.
The ⟨happine⟩ss we have enjoy’d and the Honor we have acquir’d, together with the m⟨utua⟩l Regard that has always subsisted between you and your Off⟨icers,⟩ have implanted so sensible an Affection in the Minds of us all, that we cannot be silent at this critical Occasion.
In our earliest Infancy you took us under your Tuition, train’d us up in the Practice of that Discipline which alone can constitute good Troops, from ⟨the⟩ punctual Observance of which you never suffer’d the least Deviation.
Your steady adherance to impartial Justice, your quick Discernment and invarable Regard to Merit, wisely intended to inculcate those genuine Sentiments, of true Honor and Passion for Glory, from which the great military Atcheivements have been deriv’d, first heighten’d our natural Emulation, and our Desire to excel. How much we improv’d by those Regulations, and your own Example, with what Alacrity we have hitherto discharg’d our Duty, with what Chearfulness we have encounter’d the severest Toils, especially while under your particular Directions, we submit to yourself, and flatter ourselves, that we have in a great Measure answer’d your Expectations.
Judge then, how sensibly we must be Affected with the loss of such an excellent Commander, such a sincere Friend, and so affable a Companion. How rare is it to find those amiable Qualifications blended together in one Man? How great the Loss of such a Man? Adieu to that Superiority, which the Enemy have granted us over other Troops, and which even the Regulars and Provincials have done us the Honor publicly to acknowledge! Adieu to that strict Discipline and order, which you have always maintain’d! Adieu to that happy Union and Harmony, which has been our principal Cement!
It gives us an additional Sorrow, when we reflect, to find, our unhappy Country will receive a loss, no less irreparable, than ourselves. Where will it meet a Man so experienc’d in military Affairs? One so renown’d for Patriotism, Courage and Conduct? Who has so great knowledge of the Enemy we have to deal with? Who so well acquainted with their Situation & Strength? Who

so much respected by the Soldiery? Who in short so able to support the military Character of Virginia?
Your approv’d Love to your King and Country, and your uncommon Perseverance in promoting the Honor and true Interest of the Service, convince us, that the most cogent Reasons only could induce you to quit it. Yet we with the greatest Deference, presume to entreat you to suspend those Thoughts for another Year, and to lead us on to assist in compleating the Glorious Work of extirpating our Enemies, towards which so considerable Advances have been already made. In you we place the most implicit Confidence. Your Presence only will cause a steady Firmness and Vigor to actuate in every Breast, despising the greatest Dangers, and thinking light of Toils and Hardships, while lead on by the Man we know and Love.
But if we must be so unhappy as to part, if the Exigencies of your Affairs force you to abandon Us, we beg it as our last Request that you will recommend some Person most capable to command, whose Military Knowledge, whose Honor, whose Conduct, and whose disinterested Principles we may depend upon.
Frankness, Sincerity, and a certain Openness of Soul, are the true Characteristics of an Officer, and we flatter ourselves that you do not think us capable of saying anything, contrary to the purest Dictates of our Minds. Fully persuaded of this, we beg Leave to assure you, that as you have hitherto been the actuating Soul of the whole Corps, we shall at all times pay the most invariable regard to your Will and Pleasure, and will always be happy to demonstrate by our Actions, with how much Respect and Esteem we are, Sir, Your most affectionate & most obedt humble Servants.

Geo. Weedon
Robert Stewart

Henry Russell
John McNeill

Jno. Lawson
H. Woodward

Geo: Speak
Robt McKenzie

Wm Woodford
Thos Bullitt

John McCulley
John Blagg

John Sallard
Nathal Gist

W. Hughes
Mordi Buckner

Walt. Cuningham
Wm Daingerfield

William Cocke
Wm Fleming

David Kennedy
Leonard Price

Jas Craik Surgeon
Nathl Thompson

James Duncanson
Chs Smith

Ja⟨s⟩ Roy


Title: Cash Accounts, December 1758
From: Washington, George
To:

[December 1758]

What is known as General Ledger AGeneral Ledger A, 1750–1772. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. (DLC:GW) includes GW’s personal accounts with individuals for the years 1750 to 1774. Interspersed in the ledger among the individual accounts are GW’s cash accounts in which he recorded his cash intake (“Cash”) and his cash expenditures (“Contra”). Except for letter-book copies of his letters to London merchants very little of what must have been an extensive correspondence between the time he left the Virginia Regiment in December 1758 and 1774 has survived. For this reason it seems useful to print month by month with some annotation the cash accounts for these years. GW followed the same form for his cash accounts, except in 1761 and 1762, with only minor variations. No attempt has been made to preserve variations in form such as placement of dates and the omission of zeros in the money amounts. Before this edition of GW’s Papers is complete, his ledgers will be edited and printed in their entirety.

Cash

Decr 9—
To Ditto [cash] of Lieutt Charles Smith
£28.16. 4

Contra

Decr 10—
By Ditto [Thomas Bishop] 21/.  My Waggoner John Adams 40/.
3. 1. 0

By Expens. at Wests 7/5.  Servants at Colo. Fx 7/6
15.11

By Jno. Alton for Tom Brownley
5. 4. 0

By Jno. Alton 35/.
1.15. 0

By Miles Richardson
1.10. 0

Decr 19—
By Cash paid my [brother] Chs Washington
13. 0. 0

22—
By the Servants at Colo. Baylors 1/3  Exps. at Tods 5/
0. 6. 3

25—
By Exps. at Chizzels Ordy 5/.  Coach 2/6
0. 7. 6

27—
By Miles Richardson
2. 0. 0


Title: Memorandum, 1758–1759
From: Washington, George
To:

[Mount Vernon, 1758–59]

A List of Lands given unto the Clerk of Fairfax County—in the year 1758 to be Taxed.

Acres

In Frederick County.
viz.—one Tract of
760

one Ditto of
552

one Ditto of
550

one Ditto of
453

2315

In Fairfax County.
viz.—Mount Vernon Tract
1900

bought of S. Darrell
500

2400

4715

N.B. I gave in the same List for the year 1759 & paid Taxes for both years to Colo. John West as will appear by his Receipt No. 1 Viz.

   Taxes For the year 1758 on 4715 Acres @ 2s.3d. prCt comes to
£10.6.1

1759
Ditto
Ditto
10.6.1

Taxes for the year
1758
on 22 Tithables
@ 4s.
4.8.

Taxes & Levys
1759
24 Ditto
@ 9s.6d.
11.8.

£26.8.2


Title: Cash Accounts, January 1759
From: Washington, George
To:

[January 1759]

Cash

Jany 5th
59 To Ditto [cash] of Mr Boyd pr Acct
£149.19.7

Contra

Jany
By a Coach 2/6. Exps. at Chissels 5/.  Cards 20/
1. 7.6

By Servants 2/6.  Cards 60/
3. 2.6

By Thos Bishop—lent
2. 3.0


Title: From George Washington to the Officers of the Virginia Regiment, 10 January 1759
From: Washington, George
To: Officers of the Virginia Regiment

To Captain Robert Steward and Gentlemen Officers of the Virginia Regiment.
My dear Gentlemen.New Kent County 10th Janry 1759
If I had words that could express the deep sense I entertain of your most obliging & affectionate address to me, I should endeavour to shew you that gratitude is not the smallest engredient of a character you have been pleased to celebrate; rather, give me leave to add, as the effect of your partiality & politeness, than of my deserving.
That I have for some years (under uncommon difficulties, which few were thoroughly acquainted with) been able to conduct myself so much to your satisfaction, affords ⟨me⟩ the greatest pleasure I am capable of feeling; as I almost despared of attaining that end—so hard a matter is it to please, when one is acting under disagreeable restraints! But your having, nevertheless, so fully, so affectionately & so publicly declared your approbation of my conduct, during my command of the Virginia Troops, I must esteem an honor that will constitute the greatest happiness of my life, and afford in my latest hours the most pleasing reflections. I had nothing to boast, but a steady honesty—this I made the invariable rule of my actions; and I find my reward in it.
I am bound, Gentlemen, in honor, by inclination & by every affectionate tye, to promote the reputation & interest of a Corps I was once a member of; though the Fates have disjoined me from it now, I beseech you to command, with equal confidence & a greater degree of freedom than ever, my best services. Your Address is in the hands of the Governor, and will be presented by him to the Council. I hope (but cannot ascertain it) that matters may be settled agreeable to your wishes. On me, depend for my best endeavours to accomplish this end.
I should dwell longer on this subject, and be more particular in my answer, did your address lye before me. Permit me then to conclude with the following acknowledgments: first, that I always thought it, as it really was, the greatest honor of my life to command Gentlemen, who made me happy in their company & easy by their conduct: secondly, that had every thing contributed as fully as your obliging endeavours did to render me satisfied,

I never should have been otherwise, or have had cause to know the pangs I have felt at parting with a Regiment, that has shared my toils, and experienced every hardship & danger, which I have encountered. But this brings on reflections that fill me with grief & I must strive to forget them; in thanking you, Gentlemen, with uncommon sincerity & true affection for the honor you have done me—for if I have acquired any reputation, it is from you I derive it. I thank you also for the love & regard you have all along shewn me. It is in this, I am rewarded. It is herein I glory. And lastly I must thank you for your kind wishes. To assure you, that I feel every generous return of mutual regard—that I wish you every honor as a collective Body & every felicity in your private Characters, is, Gentlemen, I hope unnecessary—Shew me how I can demonstrate it, and you never shall find me otherwise than your Most obedient, most obliged and most affectionate

Go. Washington.


Title: To George Washington from Robert Stewart, 16 January 1759
From: Stewart, Robert
To: Washington, George

Dear Sir
Fort Loudoun Janry 16th 1759

I had the extreme pleasure of receiving your very agreeable favour by Mr Boyd and beg leave to present my hearty Congratulations on your happy union with the Lady that all agree has long been the just object of your affections—may you long enjoy all the Felicity you propos’d by it, or that Matrimony can possibly afford—Be so good as to offer my Complements in the most respectful and obliging Terms to Your Lady (a new Stile

indeed) and tho’ she has rob’d me and many others of the greatest satisfaction we ever had or can enjoy in this Service yet none can be more sollicitous for her happiness.
The regret, dejection and grief your Resignation has occasion’d in the whole Corps is too melancholy a Subject to enter on at this Juncture will therefore wave it.
I am at a loss for words to express the grateful sense I have for the particular manner in which you have been Pleas’d to Interest yourself in my welfare and your constant attention to it’s promotion, I know it to be so entirely the pure dictates of sincere Friendship, that acknowledgements are not only unecessary but troublesome But how can I silence Gratitude?
The Govrs answer was candit polite and obliging tho’ I think from it we may naturally infer that long Service claims no particular exertion of his Power to reward it—you see with what freedom I write the secret Sentiments of my mind—I had concerted a Plan for resuming another way of Life had that you propos’d taken place, but it like all my other Schemes however apparently well laid is render’d abortive—I have long been the sport of an adverse Fortune and dreads I must lay my accots with living and dying so.
On the 7th Inst. my appointment to a Lieuty in the Royal-Americans was given in publick Orders at Carlyle by General Forbes and an Express sent next day with a Commission for me (but by a mistake of Major Halkets’ Blains was Inclos’d to me) with Orders to Join the Division of the first Battalion with which we did Duty last Campaign, as soon as my Affairs will permit me—I need not inform you how disagreeable that Corps is to me, and that all my often well grounded hopes of Military Preferment is too likely to terminate in a pittance barely sufficient to keep Soul and Body together—It sometimes happens that when Provincial Officers gets inferior Commissions in the Service, that they are suffer’d to retain their Commands in the Provincial Pay, of this, I know two Instances vizt Colo. Glazier of the N. York Regiment and Colo. Parker of the N. Jersey Regiment both Lieuts. in the R. Americans; and as I will if Colo. Stephen should not get our Regt be a Field Officer in course, the Governor’s Interest and yours would probably procure me an Indulgence of this kind, which would make me excessively happy, as I should thereby be not only freed from

doing Sub[altern]s Duty render’d doubly disagreeable by being under the Orders of many I have long Commanded which would be gratting to the last degree, But in time enable me with the Price of my Lieutenancy and a small assistance from my Friends to Purchass a Compy the Summit of my present ambition—But if this or what I sollicited you for cannot possibly be obtain’d, what will you advise me to do? to enter at my time of Life, youngest Lieut. in His Majesty’s Service and spin out the remainder of an unfortunate Life in Want and Toils or search for an obscure livelyhood in some private Bussiness—I have not nor wou’d not mention this to any other upon Earth.
Six days ago General Forbes left Lancaster on his way to Philadephia where General Amherst waits his arrival it’s said to concert the Plan of operations for next Campaign—when the several Detachments of Highlanders, R. americans and Pensylvanians that are March’d for Pittsbg arrives there it’s Garrison will consist of near 800 Effectives—There’s nothing new here—We have lost 8 Men by Desertion—Jenkins goes down with a Letter from the Genl to the Govr I by him send his Honr a Return of the Regt in which there’s little alteration from the last I sent you—I long to hear from you and ever am with the highest Esteem and most entire regard My Dear Colo. Your most Affectionate & Most Obliged hble Servt

Robert Stewart

P.S. I leave it to you to mention my having got a Commission in the American Regt to the Govr.


Title: To George Washington from Francis Fauquier, 7 February 1759
From: Fauquier, Francis
To: Washington, George

Sr
Wmsburgh Feb. 7th 1759

Captain Stewart was very sure of succeeding in his Wish, as I shall always have pleasure in gratifying you, in any thing I dare say you will ever ask of me, and in obliging the Gentlemen of the Army. As for the other Affair we will talk of it when we meet I shall have no Objection. Mrs Fauquier and my Son are well and join in their Complits. We all wish you and Mrs Washington as well as you wish each other in which perhaps you are not now on a par. I should be glad Captn Stewart would see the Regiment Station’d as he is second in Command before he leaves it. at least the posts to the Southward. I am Yr Very Hum. Servt

Fran: Fauquier


Title: Resolution of the House of Burgesses, 26 February 1759
From: House of Burgesses
To:

[Williamsburg, 26 February 1759]

Resolved, Nemine contradicente,
That the Thanks of this House be given to George Washington, Esq; a Member of this House, late Colonel of the first Virginia Regiment, for his faithful Services to his Majesty, and this Colony, and for his brave and steady Behaviour, from the first Encroachments and Hostilities of the French and their Indians, to his Resignation, after the happy Reduction of Fort Du Quesne: And accordingly Mr Speaker, from the Chair, returned him (he standing in his Place) the Thanks of the House.


Title: Cash Accounts, March 1759
From: Washington, George
To:

[March 1759]

Cash

March—
To Cash of Captn McNeill by Mr Boyd
£ 6. 0.0

To Ditto [cash] of Colo. Custis’s Estate
2.15.0

Contra

March—
By Miles Richardson
1. 0.0

By an English Colt—bought of Colo. Moore
7.10.0

By Tickets to a Ball
1. 0.0

By Cash lent Mr Campbell
10. 0.0

By Balle of an Acct pd Mr Boyd
7.18.1 1/2


Title: To George Washington from John Kirkpatrick, 19 March 1759
From: Kirkpatrick, John
To: Washington, George

Dear Sir
Kirkcudbright [Scotland] March 19th 1759

I shoud come short of the duty I owe you, if I omitted to cultivate your correspondence by an opportunity now offering from Whitehaven—by wc. I make free to convey my warmest and kindest wishes for Your health and happiness.
Since my return I have been pretty much confind thro’ the

tenderness of my constitution and the inclement season of the year, which prevented me hitherto from enjoying that pleasure I promised myself amongst my friends and acquaintences—and cuts me short of that intelligence to be met with from Virginia and other places relative to publick affairs—however, we had a speedy and particular account of your success at Du Quesne—which fell at length an easy prey—after the numberless risks your person happily escaped—let me give you joy on this occasion—and welcome the wishfull prospects of peace that must undoubtedly result from this circumstance, to the poor and oppressd inhabitants of Virginia—whose calamities and sufferings deserve Royal sympathy—however disregarded and misrepresented they have hitherto been—I have not learn’d further particulars than the reduction of the place—and leaving Capt. Waggener in it with 300 Men—what the remainder of the forces are employ’d in—What your destiny and inclination leads you to—or what are intended by the General this insuing summer I am quite unacquainted—As to your own dispositions, whether you incline to mix again in military matters and share the honours & dangers of another Campaign—or prefer the peacefull enjoyment of that happiness you have helped to restore, to a retired life—Your are equally my concern—and my best prayers are ever attending you.
The favour of your Letter with accounts of the roads and forces was vastly acceptable and entertaining to many—Coud you continue to oblidge me with a letter now and then—it woud be a great honour—and if I coud contribute any thing towards your service while here—nothing woud please more than to be employ’d.
I have not heard from Doctr Craik since I arrived, by this time I suppose he is sufficiently tired of Fighting, and no doubt has prudently pitch’d his tent—in some of his own tennements—where he can, have & hold it, to him and his, forever—He and some others of my friends promisd me a plantation, or two in the Plains of Pitbourgh but I fancy they forgot me—The Pensilvanians I suppose will reap the fruits of this Harvest—which the Virginians have Long toild and Labour’d for—I saw plainly the whole Campaign, was favourd For them.
There is nothing new to tell you of—preparations are making For large fleets and expeditions—Guardaloupe you woud

hear is taken—and Martinico expected—The forces in Germany have not left Winter Quarters—I conclude with Assurance of Real regard & Unfeigned esteem—Dear Sir Your Very Obt & Oblidged Servt

Jno. Kirkpatrick


Title: Invoice from Richard Washington, 20 March 1759
From: Washington, Richard
To: Washington, George

London 20th March 1759

Invoice of Sundrys Shipd by Richd Washington on board the Desire, Captn Saunders, bound to Virginia on Account & Risque of George Washington Esqr.

A Case
. 2. 6

3 pr Mens prickseam Gloves
. 4.

3 pr Satten tand Ditto
. 3. 6

2 pair dble Channel Pumps bo[un]d &ca
1. 1.

4 pair Shoes and Pumps
1.12.

14 yds Super Manchester Velvet @ 12/
8. 8.

6 yds fine Shalloon @ 2/
.12.

A Neat Hogskin huntg Saddle  half bitt Bridlle two Saddle Cloths  a Circingle bound
2.  .

4 dozn Town Silk Coat, & 4 dozn breast Buttns 6/1 pr Silk Gar[te]rs 2/
. 8.

1 Oz. Twist & 1 Oz. Silk
    . 4.

£14.15.

To Entry, Frieght, primg. &ca &ca
   .18.10

15.13.10

Commissn
   . 7. 9

£16. 1. 7

Richd Washington


Title: To George Washington from La Force, March 1759
From: La Force (Michel Pépin)
To: Washington, George

Monsieur
[c.March 1759]

Comme Jespere que maintenant que vous estes en pocession du fort Duquesne que les difficultées Sont Levées qui Empéchoit mon Echange avec Le Sr stobo—Cest ce qui m’engage a vous Importuner Encore une fois; et vous Prier de Vouloir Bien Vous Employer aupres de Mr Votre Gouverneu⟨r⟩ pour me retirer du honteux Esclavage ou Je suis depuis Si longtems, et dobtenir que Je sois Envoyer a la Nouvelle york par L’epreuve Batiment qui partira; auquel endroit Je Serai en lieu de Travailler a me faire changer plus facilement que D’Icy. Je Crois que le Sr stobo meritte Bien que les Gentilhommes de Cette Colonie Sinteressent a Le faire revenir a sa patrie En me relachant des prisons, Vous priant en même tems Monsieur que Si ma demande vous Est accordé que Je sois ⟨en⟩ peu Elargie Sur ma parolle, affin que je reprenne un peu de forces Et que Je m’accoutume au grand air. dans Lesperance ou Je suis que vous avez

assez de Generosité pour me rendre ce Service. Jay lhonneur destre trés respectueusement Monsieur Votre Tres humble Tres obeissant Serviteur

La Force


Title: Cash Accounts, April 1759
From: Washington, George
To:

[April 1759]

Cash

Apl 9—
To Ditto [cash] of Charles Craik—Rent
£ 6. 5. 0

15—
To Ditto of my Brother Jno. Washington
0. 9. 6

20—
To Ditto of Colo. Custis’s Estate
96. 0. 0

24—
To Ditto of Ditto
7. 3. 0

To Ditto of Ditto
78.17. 6

25—
To Ditto of Ditto
50. 0. 0

To Ditto for a Horse sold Mr P: Claiborne
30. 0. 0

To Ditto of Colo. Custis’s Estate
14. 5. 9

To Ditto recd of John Campbell Esqr.
10. 0. 0

26—
To Ditto of Colo. Custis’s Estate
19. 0. 0

To Ditto of Ditto
10. 0. 0

Contra

April 7—
By Sundry Expens. in my Journey from Williamsburg to Fairfax
0.19. 1 1/2

8—
By Cash pd Peter Greenway
5. 0. 0

12—
By Ditto pd John Patterson
40. 0. 0

13—
By Ditto pd John Alton
1. 0. 0

By Ditto lodgd with Richard Stephenson
12. 0. 0

14—
By Ferriage at Occoquan 1/3. Tavern at Do 5/4½
0. 6. 7 1/2

By Exps. at Dumfries 3/.  Makg a pr Boots 17/6
1. 0. 6

15—
By my Mother’s Sue 6/7½  By Peacock 4/6
0.11. 1 1/2

17—
By Ferry at Layton’s 3/6—Exps. at Colemans 4/4½
0. 7.10 1/2

18—
By the Ferrymen at Claibornes
0. 1. 7 1/2

By Exps. at Doncastles 4/.  Chanes Raffg 40/
2. 4. 0

By Colo. Geo: Lee £96—By Mr Wormely 78.17.6
174.17. 6

By a Chr bot of Mr P. Claiborne Mr Braxton’s
50. 0. 0

24—
By Anthy Hay 7£ 3/  By Saml Golt 12/6
7.15. 6

By Jas Oglesby for a Negro Will
50. 0. 0

By my Bror Charles £10. Do for Mrs Thorn[to]n £19.3s.
29. 3. 0

By Do pd Trebells Subscription 20/
1. 0. 0

By pd Do for a Tickett 10/.  Fodder 17/6
1. 7. 6


Title: From George Washington to John Alton, 5 April 1759
From: Washington, George
To: Alton, John

Jno.
Thursday Morning [5 April 1759]

I have sent Miles on to day, to let you know that I expect to be up to Morrow, & to get the key from Colo. Fairfax’s which I desire you will take care of—You must have the House very well cleand, & were you to make Fires in the Rooms below it, wd Air them—You must get two of the best Bedsteads put up—one in the Hall Room, and the other in the little dining Room that use to be, & have Beds made on them against we come—you must also get out the Chairs and Tables, & have them very well rubd & Cleand—the Stair case ought also to be polishd in order to make it look well.
Enquire abt in the Neighbourhood, & get some Egg’s and Chickens, and prepare in the best manner you can for our coming: you need not however take out any more of the Furniture than the Beds Tables & Chairs in Order that they may be well rubd & cleand. I am Yr Fd &ca

G. Washington


Title: Editorial Note
From:
To:

Upon his marriage to the widow of Daniel Parke Custis on 6 Jan. 1759, GW assumed the management of what was at the time one of the most profitable estates in Virginia. The Custis estate, which included plantations in six counties in eastern Virginia worked by slaves valued at nearly £9,000 Virginia currency, was largely the creation of Martha Custis’s father-in-law, the eccentric John Custis (1678–1749). Himself heir to nearly five thousand acres on Virginia’s Eastern Shore, John Custis gained control of twice that acreage after he married Frances Parke, elder daughter and principal heir of the notorious Daniel Parke. Custis brought to the development and management of his extended estate a combination of qualities rare in eighteenth-century Virginia: a scientific as well as a practical knowledge of agriculture, a keen business sense, and, rarest of all, an abhorrence of debt. At his death in 1749 Custis left to his son and heir, Daniel Parke Custis (1711–1757), large liquid assets in addition to a collection of debt-free and profitable plantations strung along the York River and Queens Creek and on the Eastern Shore. When eight years later, on 8 July 1757, the younger Custis died intestate, his inheritance was intact. He added a productive 2,880–acre plantation in King William County to the 15,000 acres that he inherited, and his personal property and slaves were eventually appraised at £30,000 current money. As his father had done, he kept a large sterling reserve: his accounts current and other liquid assets in England came to about £10,000 at the time of his death. He was survived by his wife of eight years, the 26-year-old Martha Dandridge Custis, and their two children, John Parke (Jacky) Custis, age 2, and Martha Parke (Patsy) Custis, a babe in arms. As the widow of a man dying without a will, Martha Custis by law was allowed outright ownership of one-third of her late husband’s personal property and was given a life right to one-third of his land and slaves. The two children were each entitled to one-third of their father’s personal property, and the boy, John Parke Custis, as heir at law, would inherit all of

        his father’s land and slaves, two-thirds of each vesting immediately and the other one-third upon the death of his mother. Until her marriage to GW less than eighteen months after Daniel Parke Custis’s death, Martha Custis, aided by plantation manager Joseph Valentine and advised by her attorney John Mercer, conducted the affairs of the prospering Custis estate, selling surplus produce to tenants and other Virginians, shipping tobacco to Britain for sale, corresponding with and ordering goods from British merchants, and, in particular, making sizable loans to a number of her neighbors and kinsmen. These loans largely depleted her late husband’s cash reserves in sterling. To qualify as administratrix of her late husband’s estate she had to post bond for the full estimated value of the estate; the condition of her bond was that she prepare “true and perfect inventory” and a “just account” of the estate. After she had posted bond within a short time, the court (in New Kent County) granted her letters of administration and appointed appraisers in each county to assign values to the inventoried slaves and personal property in the counties where the Custis plantations were located (see doc. III-A–1). These county appraisals were in October 1759 to become the basis for the first division of Custis property. When Mrs. Custis became Mrs. Washington in January 1759, the law gave GW effective control of all his bride’s property, including her dower rights. Circumstances dictated that GW also assume the overall management of the affairs of the Custis estate. Although John Robinson had agreed in 1758 to become guardian of the Custis children, he had refused to have anything to do with managing their property (see doc. I, n.4). GW needed to learn precisely how the estate was to be administered, how his (or his wife’s) share of the estate and that of each of the two children should be determined and how and by whom the children’s property should be managed. Of particular importance was the question whether the selling of the property was required or if an equitable and legal assignment of shares could be made without breaking up the estate. It was to address these and other matters relating to the Custis estate that GW returned to Williamsburg on 18 April 1759, after having left there hardly two weeks before to conduct his bride up to Mount Vernon. As soon as he got to Williamsburg, GW directed a series of written questions to his lawyer John Mercer about what the law required as to the division of the estate and as to its subsequent management (doc. I). GW also had questions for Mercer about the possible adverse effects on Martha’s dower rights should the long-standing Dunbar case go against the heirs of Daniel Parke Custis. Mercer’s responses (doc. II) to GW’s queries were generally reassuring. Mercer

  was certain that the General Court would not force a breakup of the estate to its hurt. Rather, he held, it would appoint commissioners who, after reviewing a general accounting of the Custis property, would simply assign for the court the estate’s assets and liabilities in such a way as to give Martha Washington and both her children shares as nearly equal as could be. The law, Mercer confirmed, gave GW control during her lifetime of his wife’s property, including the land and slaves she held by dower rights, and therefore gave him as well the management of her two children’s property at least until the one and then the other reached the age of 14. GW’s queries make it clear that Martha had made little progress in settling Daniel Parke Custis’s estate since qualifying as administratrix in 1757. The Virginia law provided for the settling of estates in the court of the county where the testator, or a person who died intestate, had his “mansion house”; but it also provided the option of settling an estate in the General Court at Williamsburg whenever the estate was valued at more than £100. It was the court in New Kent County where Custis had resided, not the General Court, which in 1757 granted the administration of the estate to Martha Custis and appointed the appraisers of Custis’s property. Although the records for this period of neither the New Kent County court nor the provincial court have survived, the documents in GW’s Account Book listing the value of Custis’s slaves and other belongings (doc. III-A–1) indicate that the appraisers in the various counties in 1757 and 1758 returned the inventories to New Kent County. It apparently suited GW’s convenience in 1759 to transfer the handling of the Custis estate from the New Kent County court to the General Court at Williamsburg, for the commissioners’ report of October 1759 (doc. III) establishes that in April 1759 GW’s attorney John Mercer instituted proceedings in the General Court to have that court instead of the county court settle the estate of Daniel Parke Custis. GW’s hasty return to Williamsburg on 18 April 1759 was prompted by his knowledge that the General Court was by law to hold its spring session from 10 April to 7 May and would not sit again until October 1759. Exactly when John Mercer began proceedings in the General Court is uncertain, but on 28 April the General Court issued an order appointing commissioners to initiate the settlement of the Custis estate. No copy of the orders of the court to the commissioners has been found, but four commissioners in October 1759 reported their compliance with the court’s orders (doc. III), first, to assign Martha Washington “her Dower in the Lands and Slaves” (see doc. III-A; quotation is from doc. III), second, to secure a general accounting of Daniel Parke Custis’s estate (see doc. III-B), and third, to provide three separate

        accounts setting forth an equitable division of the assets and liabilities of the estate among the three heirs (see docs. III-C–1, III-C–2, and III-C–3). In its April 1759 session the General Court also confirmed that GW should have “the care of” the two-thirds of the Custis estate belonging to his wife’s children. The fall session of the General Court in 1759, in which the court accepted the commissioners’ general account of the Custis estate and their division of its appraised assets (docs. III-A, III-B, III-C–1, III-C–2, and III-C–3), was set by law to begin on Wednesday, 10 Oct., and to complete its session on 1 Nov. 1759. GW arrived in Williamsburg on about 26 Oct.; either before or shortly after his arrival the court received the required documents from the commissioners it had appointed in April. The general account of the Custis estate (doc. III-B) reveals assets, other than land but including slaves, of £4,853.14.1½ sterling and £23,632.13.7½ current money, making a total of about £30,000 current money. The individual accounts, which were to provide the basis for the eventual division of the estate among the three heirs (docs. III-C–1, III-C–2, III-C–3), credit each heir with his or her one-third (£1,617.18 sterling, £7,618.7.11½ current) of the net estate as displayed in the general account, debiting each account by one-third the total of the estate’s expenses and by the appraised value of the slaves and other assets assigned to each heir. Martha Washington’s (GW’s) estate account shows her in possession of one-third of the estate’s slaves and somewhat less than one-third of the value of its inventoried goods and livestock, while John Parke Custis’s account shows him in possession of the remainder of the slaves and rather more than his one-third share of the estate’s goods and livestock. Martha Parke Custis, who was to receive none of the estate’s slaves (or lands), had assigned to her as yet little or nothing of its other assets. As the individual accounts of the heirs confirm, only that part of the estate which had been listed and appraised in the county inventories as reported in the general account (doc. III-B) was being assigned to the heirs in October 1759. The appraised value of all the items listed in the county inventories (doc. III-A–1)—slaves, livestock, unsold crops, goods, and supplies—came to less than one-half the estate’s total value showing in the general account, which of course did not include the value of the estate land. The undivided estate assets—the estate balance, amounting to about 57 percent of the whole in October 1759—were financial, or paper, assets consisting mainly of loans made by Martha Custis during her brief widowhood. Until the final settlement of the estate in 1761, the three heirs shared equally the profit derived from both the divided and the undivided assets of the estate.  In April 1761 at the spring session of the General Court, two years after first petitioning the court, GW and John Mercer initiated further proceedings to complete the division of the Custis estate. GW was in Williamsburg well before the court was due to convene on 10 April and was in town at least as late as 13 April. It probably was at this the first of its sessions in 1761 that the court appointed the commissioners to examine GW’s accounts for the Custis estate and for John Parke Custis and Martha Parke Custis. Before GW got back to Williamsburg in the fall for the next session of the court held in October and November 1761, John Mercer secured, on 21 Oct., an order from the court appointing GW guardian of the two Custis children. On 5 Nov., the day before the court was due to end its session, the court-appointed commissioners certified (doc. IV) that they had found GW’s estate accounts correct and closed them out as of April 1761. The new accounts that GW set up for his wards at the settlement of the estate in 1761 (docs. IV-B and IV-C) show that Martha Parke Custis received most of the undivided estate assets, which consisted of financial assets, and that John Parke Custis received none. No separate account for the dower property has been found, though it seems certain that GW kept such an account; in any case, the financial assets that did not go to Martha Parke Custis went to her mother Martha Washington. The settlement of Daniel Parke Custis’s estate generated a large number of documents between 1757 and 1761. Those prepared by GW and John Mercer for the commissioners appointed by the General Court in April 1759 and returned by the commissioners to the General Court in October 1759, and the document returned by the second court-appointed commission in November 1761 certifying to the court that the commissioners had examined GW’s Custis accounts in connection with the final division of the estate, were all presented to the court with supporting documents for the public record, which in turn were often derived from still other documents such as preliminary inventories or accounts of one kind or another. Because the records of Virginia’s General Court were burned in Richmond in 1865, none of the court’s documents relating to the Custis estate have survived. Fortunately, however, there are copies or drafts of what appear to be most if not all of the papers presented to the court in 1759 and 1761 as well as copies of a number of related documents. These are either in GW’s Guardian’s Account Book, 1761–1773, deposited in the library of Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va., or in the Custis Papers in the collections of the Virginia Historical Society in Richmond. At some point soon after the General Court made GW guardian of the two Custis children in the fall of 1761, GW opened an account

     book (ViLxW) to keep the financial records of his two wards. In the first third of the book he copied documents relating to the settlement of the Custis estate, 1757–61. He begins with the documents relating to the initial division of the assets of the estate in the fall of 1759, the first of which is the report of the commissioners to the General Court (doc. III) approving schedules A, B, and C for the division in 1759. Immediately following is the text of Schedule A (doc. III-A) setting off the widow’s dower. In the absence of court records, it is assumed that the next eight documents in the account book (docs. III-A–1 through III-A–8) were submitted to the court by the commissioners as part of or in support of Schedule A. GW next copied schedules B and C. Schedule B is the general account of the estate (doc. III-B). The account develops the estate’s net worth and divides the total into thirds. Schedule C consists of the three separate accounts of the heirs (docs. III-C–1, III-C–2, and III-C–3). They credit each heir with one-third share of the estate less the appraised value of slaves and other personal property already assigned to him or her. The documents in the three schedules copied by GW in his Guardian Account Book and presented here contain all the data the court would have needed in 1759 to determine the net worth of the estate and to divide the slaves and other appraised assets between the heirs. It may be assumed that the attorney John Mercer assembled or prepared all of these documents. Left untouched in the initial division of the estate, in 1759, were the financial assets, or “estate balance,” comprising over one-half the reported net worth of the estate. To complete the division of the estate and reach a final settlement, the court-appointed commissioners in the fall of 1761 submitted to the General Court a report with supporting documents. GW copied in his Guardian Account Book this report of the commissioners (doc. IV), a general estate account for 1758–59 (doc. IV-A), and separate accounts 1759–61 for John Parke Custis (doc. IV-B) and Martha Parke Custis (doc. IV-C). GW also copied the court order of 21 Oct. 1761 appointing him guardian of the two Custis children. He did not enter in the Guardian Account Book an account for Martha Washington, the third heir, although the commissioners must have submitted one to the court. GW may have entered it instead in a missing account book for the dower property (see Appointment as Guardian, 21 Oct. 1761). The entry for the estate account in General Ledger AGeneral Ledger A, 1750–1772. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers., folio which would have been a source for the entry in a dower account book, is printed here in its place as document IV-D. The intention is to print here every document found that seems directly related to the settlement of Daniel Parke Custis’s estate 1759–61 even if GW did not copy it in the Guardian Account Book. Five such

  documents in GW’s or John Mercer’s hand (in one instance in Joseph Valentine’s) are in the Custis Papers in the Virginia Historical Society and are included as appendices A to E. Also in the Custis Papers (ViHi) are copies in either GW’s or Mercer’s hand virtually identical to those GW made in the Guardian Account Book of documents III-A–2, III-A–5, and III-A–8, of the general estate account of Schedule B (doc. III-B), and the individual accounts of Schedule C (docs. III-C–1, III-C–2, and III-C–3). In the cases where the copy in the Custis Papers is more legible than the Account Book copy, the Custis Papers copy has been printed. Where a word or words, or figures, in the copy of the manuscript being printed are mutilated or illegible, usually either parallel material from the other manuscript copy of that document has been inserted in angle brackets or pertinent material from derivative or closely related documents has been inserted in square brackets. Appendix F is in DLC:GW. The supervision of the Custis property and the management of its assets for his wife and her children were one of GW’s main concerns from the time of his marriage in 1759 until he left Mount Vernon for Boston to take command of the Continental army in 1775. After the Revolution his dower holdings continued to be both a boon and a burden as his accounts and correspondence reveal.


Title: II. John Mercer’s Answers, c.20–26 April 1759
From: Mercer, John
To: Washington, George

[c.20–26 April 1759]

Answers to the foregoing Queries
To the first. All such Goods as may be liable to perish or be the worse for keeping are by Law directed to be sold by public Auction as soon as conveniently may be after the debts paid—Yet I am of Opinion a Division may be made of the personal as well as the real Estate by the method hereafter mentioned. Mrs Washington has a clear right to one third of the Chattels of every kind whatsoever.
To the sec⟨on⟩d of ⟨illegible est⟩ & best method to have Mrs Washington’s Dower assignd ⟨illegible⟩ Estate divided will be ⟨by a Bill in Chancery to be brought in your &⟩ Mrs Washingtons names against the Children upon which Commissioners will be appointed not only to set apart her Dower in the Lands but to divide the money & bonded Debts & every other part of the Estate, one third of which belongs to Mrs Washington—And as I am satisfied your chief motive is to have the Children’s Shares set apart & ascertained, so that fair & regular Accounts may be kept of the Profits & all Disputes that might be occasioned by a joynt Occupation, avoided, so I am assured the Speaker who is appointed Guardian to prosecute & defend for the Children will agree to any Decision that may be for the Ease & advantage of all Persons concerned; and such a Division I am confident ⟨will⟩ readily be established by the Court.
To the third. As it would be very inconvenient either to part with the furniture of the House or expose it to Sale in order to purchase it—I make no doubt but the Commissioners will assign you any part of the household furniture you desire at the appraised value & the remainder may be sold.
To the fourth. The Cattle must be kept on the Heirs Lands

for his benefit & at his Risque. ⟨Except⟩ they are too numerous in which Case part of them may be sold. One third of the Cattle belongs to Mrs Washington & the Heir will be answerable to his Sister for one half of the appraised value of ⟨the oth⟩er two thirds. The ⟨real⟩ & the p⟨e⟩rsonal Estate that will not ⟨be for⟩ the ben⟨e⟩fit of the Estate to keep ⟨mutilated Spoild illegible⟩ maybe sold.
To the fifth. Mrs Washington is accountable for everything inventoried and appraised, but ought to have Credit for such things as have been used or worn out about the Plantations: An Account of which will be properly made up before the Commissioners.
To the sixth. I also am of Opinion that she must be at the whole Expence of housekeeping since the appraisement, but as she accounts for the Profits of her Children’s Estates, she is entitled to a liberal Allowance for their maintenance.
To the seventh. Mrs Washington is by Law entitled to the Guardianship of her Children till they attain fourteen years of Age, when they may choose their own Guardians but it is by all means advisable that a division & settlement be made before you undertake the Guardianship in her right. When that is done you must undertake it, or some other Guardian must be appointed, as the Speaker will have nothing to do with their Estates.
To the Eighth. As Dunbar’s Claim is against Genl Parkes Estate that alone is liable, consequently no other Part of mrs Washingtons Dower than what she holds of that Estate can be affected by Dunbar’s Recovery.
To the ninth. So none of the money or Chattels you receive can be liable—Should the Court adjudge Parke’s Lands & Negroes to be so. I am of Opinion they will adju⟨dge⟩ that Mrs Washingtons ⟨dower⟩ of that Estate should contribute in proportion to her Interest there⟨in⟩ which is only for Life.

J. Mercer


Title: III-A-1. Combined County Inventory of Slaves and Personal Property in the Estate, 1757–58
From: Unknown
To:

[1757–58]

The Appraisements of the Estate of Danl Parke Custis According to the Returns made to the County ⟨Cour⟩t of New Kent by Sworn appraisers whose Names are herunto annex’d

[New Kent County, 20 Oct. 1757]

   A Negro Man named Anthony £20; Ditto Shomberg 45.; Ditto Squire 50.; Ditto Morris 60.; Ditto Jack Palmer 50.; Ditto Jemmy 12.; Ditto Ned 50.; Ditto Brunswick 40.; Ditto Michael 60.; Ditto Joe 60.; Ditto Sampson 1[s.]; A Negroe Woman Jenny 45.; Ditto Moll 45.; Ditto Doll 40.; Ditto Jemima 35.; Ditto Betty & Child Austin 60.; Child Hue 15.; Girl Nanny 40.; Ditto Sall 35.; Boy Davy 35.; Ditto Julius 30.; Ditto Joe 20.; Ditto John 15.; Ditto Peter 20.; Girl Christian 15.; Ditto Alce 12.; Ditto Lucy 25.; Ditto Doll 30.; Boy George 40.; Ditto Sampson 25.; Woman Alce ⟨illegible⟩; Boy Tom 4⟨0⟩; Ditto John 42.; Ditto Billy ⟨illegible⟩; W⟨oman⟩ Esther & Chd Phil 50.; Girl Eve ⟨illegible⟩o.; Ditto Hannah ⟨illegible⟩o.; Ditto Betty 25.; Boy To⟨be⟩y 17.; Ditto ⟨Emanuel illegible⟩; Woman Leck ⟨illegible⟩; Girl Fanny 20.; Ditto Queene ⟨illegible⟩; Ditto Grace 15.; Ditto Alce & Chd Phebe 40.; Boy Bob 20.; Ditto George 14.; Woman Abbe⟨y⟩ 40.; Boy Pompey 30.; Girl Amey 30.; Ditto Patt 15.; Girl Nell 15.; Boy Perry 25.; Ditto Sam 30.; ditto Tom 30.; Woman Hannah 15.; Man Charles Baker 50.; Woman Arbor ⟨illegible⟩; Man S⟨illegible⟩ 40.; ditto Gooding 50.; ditto Abram 45.; ditto Jacob 35.; ditto Goliah 35.; ditto Roger 50.; Woman Kate 15.; Ditto Moll 35.; Girl Arbor 10.; Boy John 20.; Woman Betty 35.; Girl Betty 12.; Boy George 20.; Woman Nan 40.; Girl Sall 16.; Ditto Phebe 30.; Boy Stephen 35.; Man Jack 60.; ditto Mingo 60.; ditto Ned Hall 50.; ditto Stephen 50.; Boy Shomberg 30.; Girl Rachel 30.; Man Will Harlow 50.; Woman Patcy 30.; Boy Tom 20.; Ditto Harry 25.; Man Joe 45.; Boy Davy 35.; ditto Billy 40.; Man Duke 40.; Ditto Bristol 35.; ditto Charles 40.; Woman Dinah 40.; Boy Dickey 25.; ditto Peter 30.; Woman Sarah 40.; Girl Peggy 20.; Boy Godfrey 15.; Woman Elizabeth 35.; boy ⟨illegible⟩ 20.; Ditto Paul 25.; Woman ⟨& chd illegible⟩ 50.; Girl Abby 20.; Woman Molly 50.; ditto Venus ; girl Beck 45.; Woman Nanny 10.; girl Rose 30.; ditto Nanny 15.; ditto Cosiah 10.; ditto Nanny 30.; boy Daniel 25.; Woman Phillis 50.; girl Sarah 30.; ditto Nell 35.; Woman Esther 30.; Man Sam 20.; ditto Pompey 10.; ditto Breechy 50.; ditto Peter 15.; boy Billy 40.; Man Northampton 6[d.]; Ditto Isar⟨illegible⟩ 50.; ditto Bob 40.; ditto Tom 40.; boy Bat 40.; Man Bob 40.; ditto Tom 40.; ditto Prince 10.; ditto Jemmy 40.; ditto Isham 40.; Woman Jenny 40.; ditto Bella & Chd Milly 55.; ditto Kitty 15.; ditto Betty 20.; Man Paul 30.; ditto Martin 30.; boy George ⟨illegible⟩; ditto Martin 30.; Man Will 40.; ditto Dick 45.; ditto Jerry 15.; ditto Joe 45.; ditto Moses 15.; ditto Hercules 40.; ditto Narcissus ⟨illegible⟩; Woman Eve & child Dick 55.; ditto Nanny & Chd Nanny 50.; boy Harry 35.; Girl Sall 20.; ditto ⟨Crajah⟩ 25.; ditto Frank 15.

Amt of Negroes in N. Kent
£4,769. 1.6

1.
25 Hhd Flat with Cable and Anchor
25.

2.
1 Horse Boat, and 1 large Canoe
6.10.

3.
1 Ox Cart, Yokes, Chain &ca
1.10.

4.
2 Old Iron Potts
⟨.12.⟩

5.
A par[ce]l old Hoes, Axes, grubg axes, boxes, hoops &ca
4.

6.
2 Work Horses
12.

7.
100 head Nett Cattle
105.

8.
40 head Hogs
20.

9.
80 Barrls of Corn  at 4/
16.

10.
1 Iron Chain, 1 Grindstone, & 1 Hide
1.15.

11.
16 Good Casks, & sevl old Casks &ca
10.

12.
1 Ox Cart, Wheels, Chains and Yokes
⟨3.⟩

1 Bed and Furniture
6.

80 lb. Sheet Lead
.13.4

13.
200 Barrels of Corn  at 4/
4.

14.
304 head Hogs
91.

15.
284 head neat Cattle
360.

16.
1 Ox Cart, Chain and Yokes
2.10.

17.
25 old hoes and axes, and 1 Grindstone
1. 4.

18.
61 narrow hoes
9.

19.
476 lb. Lead
3.19.

1 Charriot and Harness for 6 Horses
80.

20.
1 two wheeld Chair
20.

1 Iron Mortar, 1 old Still and 2 pestles
1.

21.
25 Head Hogs
4.10.

4 brass Tenders, and 1 wire rat Trap
1.

22.
1 old Chair and Harness & old Bedstead &ca
2.

23.
6 whipsaws and two xcut saws
4.

24.
3 hides 5 old Hhds 4 brass Sieves & Iron do & Lumbr
1.10.

25.
2 pr Hand Mill Stones
4.10.

26.
⟨1⟩ new Sein
7.

27.
2 Casks old Seins
4.

28.
A parcel hhds Casks &ca
1.10.

1 schooner with ⟨illegible⟩ing &ca
50.

29.
1 Small [“Boat”]
1. 5.

30.
1 large table
2.

2 large Sorr⟨el⟩ horses at 25£ each
50.

2 large bay ditto    at 16£ each
32.

31.
2 Small bay ditto    at 8£ each
16.

⟨32.⟩
3 Ma⟨res⟩ and 3 Colts
36.

1 old Roan horse
8.

1 young Stallion
25.

33.
2 ⟨horses⟩ and two mares
24.

34.
⟨2⟩ old Work horses
12.

2 young mares
16.

⟨1⟩ young Sorrel horse
18.

1 ditto bay ditto
12.

35.
1 ditto bay Mare
6.

36.
1 Silver Coffee Pot, 4 Candle Sticks, 1 Tea Pot, 1 milk Pot, 2 Salver’s 4 Salts and Shovels, 1 Sugar dish, 2 Beakers 2 Sauce

Boats, 1 punch Ladle, 1 Strainr 1 cross, 12 Teaspoons, 1 pr Sugar Tongs 1 Strainr 1 lar: Spoon, 1 Rim & Castor Wt 23 lb. @ 6/6 pr Oz.
119.

37.
1 large Silver Tankard, 1 small Tankd 2 porringers 2 Candlesticks & Snuffers 12 Table Spoons, 11 small Spoons 1 Shovel 7 Tea spoons 1 pepper box 1 Sugar Caster 1 Can and 2 Small Dishes wt 16¾ lb. @ 4/6 pr oz.
60.

30 Wine and Beer Glasses @ 6d.
.15.

2 Tumblers, 2 Jelly Glasses, 1 cruet, 1 Salt, & 1 mustard pot
. 3.

7 Sweetmeat glasses @ 1/3
. 8.9

1 Sett gilt China and Coffee Mill
4.

3 two quart Muggs, 3/9 4 Slider’s 3/
. 6.9

a parcel of Earthen ware
1. 5.

4 dozn & 8 China Plates & 15 dishes of China
10.

A parcel China Tea Cups, Saucer’s, Tea Pot Milk Pot. Bowles and Canisters
5.

38.
An assortment of Medicines &ca
8.

8 Razors case, 1 hone and Strop
1.10.

39.
1 Sword and pr of Pistols
3.

40.
1 Gun
1. 5.

41.
a parcel of old and new Books &ca
4.

2 pr money Scales and Weights
3.

1 Mahogany Desk
4.

42.
12 Mahogany Chairs
10.

43.
2 Corner Chair⟨s⟩
2.

43.
2 Large Mahogany Tables
6.

1 Marble Table
3.

1 large looking glass
4.

44.
1 leather Couch, 2 pictures, & 3 Maps
1.14.

45.
1 Walnut Table
⟨.10.⟩

46.
10 Leather Chairs
2.

47.
1 large easy Chair
3.

48.
1 old Chest of Drawers [15s.] & 1 old Cabinet [£1]
[1.15.]

49.
2 Trunks and 1 Walnut Table
⟨1.10.⟩

50.
1 looking Glass and 1 dressing glass
2. 6.

51.
1 Corner Cupboard
1.

2 Shagreen knife cases wt. 12 K: & ⟨for⟩ks in each
3.10.

52.
2 Tin Sugar Boxes, 16 canisters ⟨illegible⟩ gratn & ⟨illegible⟩
.12.

2 Box Irons and 2 Stands & 7 Smoothing Irons
1.14.

2 Beds Bolsters, 1 Rug, 2 pr Sheets, 2 Counterpains, 2 Bedsteads and Cords
10.

[53.]
4 brass Candlesticks 1 pr Snuffr & old Knives & Forks
.18.

20 pr Sheets
8.12.

41 Table Cloaths
14.

99 Napkins and Towels
7. 8.

24 Pillow Cases and Towells
2. 5.

2 Pieces of Callico
4.

10 Counterpins and 5 bed Quilts
12.10.

2 Beds Bolsters 4 Pillows 2 pr Blankets 1 Suit old Curtains and Cords Bedsteads
10.

2 pr Blanketts
2. 5.

2 Beauro dressing Tables
. 6.

2 dressing Glasses
3.

54.
5 old Chairs 1 Trunk and 1 Chest
.17.6

55.
1 Table 1 Trunk, and 5 Chairs
1.15.

2 Beds and Furniture
12.

56.
2 pr of Handirons
. 7.6

A Quantity of Wine of several sorts Bottles Juggs &ca
40.

57.
1 mans Saddle and bridle, 3 pr handirons 1 Cooler Treacle, Juggs and old Lumber
10.

58.
18 pr Cotton wool, and Clothiers Cards
1.10.

2 Bell mettle Skillets, & 18 Patty Pans
2.

1 Brass Plate Warmer 2 pr Tongs & Shovels
1. 0.

a parcel Salt Petre
2.13.

6 Potts and Jarrs with Raisons
1.

59.
a parcel of old Trunks, boxes and Lumber
1.

60.
12 pr Mens Shoes and Slippers
5.

61.
30 Mens hats
3.16.

62.
1 Ditto ditto
1.15.

63.
3 yds Serge dinem, & 2 Remts Tammy
2. 5.

2 ps. Check and part ps. of ditto
4.

25 Quire of Paper
⟨1.⟩

64.
⟨2⟩ pr Stilliards
⟨.12.⟩

2 plate Baskets, 1 Bread ditto, and a bag Corks
1.

65.
2 [Housing] and 16 girths
9.

66.
[9 Cinches] and Clamps 1 curry Comb & 1 Belt
.13.

[22 loaves] dble & single refind Sugar
12.

2 Jockey Caps
.10.

[67.]
5 Whipthongs, 1 Search 1 Sifter, 1 handsaw 1 brass Cock and 1 dark lanthorn
.14.

1 Tea Chest and 4 old China Cups
. 2.

68.
[4 M] small Nails, and a Paper brass nails
.19.

69.
1 Saw Rest and 4 brass Runners
. 9.3

4 dozn Whetstones & a papr Sadler’s Tacks
. 8.

70.
21 Chisels, 6 pr Sheep shears, & 12 Gimblets
1. 8.

71.
11 plain Irons & 2 dozn whipsaw Files
1. 4.

72.
5 dozn & 8 file of sevel Sorts
2.

73.
10 Iron Screws 2 hatchets, 4 Taper bits 2 pr Nippers, & 1 pr Markg Irons
.12.

74.
33 hasps and staples and 16 whet Stons
. 9.

9 Plain Irons, 1 gouge, and 2 Augers
. 9.

75.
2 plain Irons, 3 Center bitts 14 Files 1 xcut Saw Rests, 1 gouge and 1 pr of Irons
. 8.

76.
[9] Hats and 8 Dutch Blankets
4. 3.

22 Staples, [1] currying knife & 2 fleshg do
1.13.

77.
13 Sides of Leather
2. 5.

1 Crate Earthen Ware & 2 Baskets Corks
.14.

1 Barrl of sugar & part of Barrl of ditto
7.

78.
36 Yards of Virginia cloth
1.16.

28 yards of Duck
1.15.

79.
75 lb. Gunpowder and 1 C 3 Q. o lb. of Shott
8.18.

80.
1 piece of plains qty about 75 yds
10.

81.
2 ps. Kersey qty 50 yds
8. 7.6

82.
15½ yds dufle & 7½ yds Kersey
4.19.6

83.
510 yds of Cotton at 2/
51.

84.
3 ps. dutch Blanketting
18.

23 glasses and 1 ps. of Rope
.17.6

85.
39 pieces of Rolls
52.10.

86.
9 ps. qty about 900 Ells bro: Linn
52.10.

4 ps. Sale Duck
10.

87.
177 pair plad Hose, & 1 pr Shoes
11. 4.3

88.
Powder Shott, Chests, Boxes, Vials Casks old Iron &ca
10.

1 pr Standard Weights and Scales
5.

89.
8 Barrels of Nails
70.

9⟨0.⟩
1 coarse Sifters
1. 6.3

91.
2 frying Pans and 1 pott
.12.6

92.
202 Sides, and 46 skins of upper Leather
49. 4.

93.
a parcel of Salt
10.

94.
a parcel of Rope and Earthenware
6.

95.
Sain Corks, Iron Lead &ca
⟨3.⟩

96.
1 Casks narrow Axes & 8 broad Axes
⟨11.10.⟩

97.
8 Cooper’s Axes 5 narrow Axes, 6 grubg axes Mill Pecks Augers &ca
⟨5.⟩

98.
11 Spades, 1 dozn Sickles & 6 dozn xgarnet Hing[es]
4.

99.
24 narrow Hoes, and 21 broad hoes
8.

100.
6 Grass Scythes and Furniture
⟨2.⟩

101.
Iron ware, old Iron, Curry Combs Stock Locks, Rope Lumber &ca
30.

102.
2 large Sains and Ropes
20.

103.
17 lb. Sain Twine
.17.

104.
50¾ lb. bro: & col[ore]d thread & 1 lb. whitd bron Thread
7.

141 yds Irish Linnen
24. 8.6

5 diaper Table Cloths
3.15.

1 ps. Sagathy Shalloon Buttons & Twist
6.10.

1 silk pattern for Breeches
2.

2½ pieces of Nankeen
1.10.

105.
11 pair Mens Stockings
2.17.6

106.
1 Rug 20/. 5 pr Mens gloves 10/
1.10.

107.
1 ps. brown holland
3.

108.
a remnant of Ticking and a Pillow
1.

109.
a parcel of Shoe thread
1.

1 Shaving pot and Bason
. 1.

4 groce horn Buttons
1.

110.
1 Slate and Pencils
. 2.

111.
4 pr Stirrup Leathers and 1 Crupper
. 7.6

112.
350 Ells brown Linnen
21.17.6

113.
1 ps. Rolls & several ps. wrappers
3.

114.
1 pr Stirrups & 1 Charriot Whip
. 7.

115.
39 pair Negroes Shoes
6.16.6

116.
1 desk 4 Trunks and Lumber
6.10.

117.
1 cutting Sword
2.10.

118.
140 lb. washd wool
7.

5¾ dozn Pewter Plates
5.10.

41 Pewter dishes and 4 Basons
11.10.

1 Bed Pan and 18 Pattipans
. 7.6

1 Pesttle and Mortar, and 3 Spits
1. 5.

119.
2 old Skillett and 2 Tea Kettles
1. 5.

120.
4 Iron Potts and Hooks & 1 pr Andirons
7.

1 dripg Pan, Flesh fork, Ladle Shovel & Tongs
1.

1 Stew pan, 1 frying pan, 4 pot Racks & Lumbr
2. 1.

121.
2 Copper Kettles
8.

1 Fish Kettle 1 copper Pot 3 Coffeepots 1 Chocolate pot, 1 Tureen, & 2 Tin Kettles
5.

122.
4 Jarrs, 2 Safes 1 apple Mill &ca
2.10.

123.
82 Milk pans
1.13.6

124.
A parcel Carpenters ⟨illegible⟩er’s, Cooper’s Smith ⟨illegible⟩ Awls & Lasts
10.

125.
154 ⟨illegible⟩ of ⟨illegible⟩ cattle
154.

126.
12 ⟨illegible⟩ Sheep
24. 4.

127.
6 hogs
30.

128.
5 ⟨illegible⟩ Chairs, & 1 Desk and Bookcase
3. 5.

129.
1 Looking Glass and 1 dressing Glass
1.

130.
1 large Copper Kettle & 1 Iron Pot
10.

1 dozn Wine glasses
. 7.6

8 Carboys and 1 Jug with Rum and Brandy in them 3 buttr Pots empty Bottls
7.10.

1 ⟨Ja⟩r quantity abt 15 gals. Train Oil
3.

1 Tierce qty abt 60 gals. Rum
12.

3 Small Barrl Paint
3. 5.

131.
a parcel of Tar Barls and Tar
.15.

132.
1 ps. qty 98 yds white flannel
8.[3.4]

1 Womans Sadle and Furniture
2.

133.
2 drawing Knives
. 4.

134.
5 Staples, 4 hasps, 1 rasp, brass Cocks &ca
. 5.

135.
2 Bricklayers Trowells
. 4.

4 M 3d. Nails
. 8.

5 paint Brushes
. 2.

3 Locks 1 bung borer and 1 Belt
. 5.

136.
137 Awl blades
. 3.

137.
1 pr Negro Shoes
. 3.

Total amt
£7268. 6.5

Edmond Bacon
}
Apprs

   Lewis Webb

   Frans Foster

20th Octr 1757

Estate in King Wm

[3 Feb. 1758]

      A Negro Wench Dyner 45.; ditto Patt 50.; ditto Kitt 35.; ditto Sarah 30.; ditto Rachel 35.; ditto Lucy 20.; ditto Nan 12.; ditto Milly 15.; [woman] Frank 10.; ditto George 20.; ditto ⟨illegible⟩ 55.; ditto Pa⟨rros⟩ 65.; ditto Guy 50.; ditto Sam 40.; ditto Mar⟨lbor⟩ough 45.; ditto Solomon 65.; ditto Hector ⟨50⟩.; ditto David 60.; ditto Will 45.; ditto Sue 45.

Negroes
£832.

138.
10 Oxen
30.

21 Steers
52.10.

101 Cows and Steers
131.10.

24 Small ditto
24.

40 Calves
⟨illegible⟩

139.
67 Sheep
20.

140.
4 Work Horses
20.

141.
30 Shoats
8.

11 Sows & 66 Pigs
6. 1.

38 Hogs
23.11.

9 Small Sows and 25 Pigs
3. 7.6

6 Shoats
15.

3 ditto
15.

142.
A Cart &ca
2.

143.
A parcel of old Tobacco Hogshead 2 Corn Barrls & Corn Crib
1. 3.

144.
2 Cow hides
. 2.6

145.
100 Barrels of Corn @ 5/
25.

146.
   5 old Wedges 7/6. a parcel of old Iron
.19.6

147.
   13 hoes 26/. 6 Axes 18/. 4 ditto 3/
2. 5.

148.
   A Parcel of Butter Pots, 28/. ditto Milk pans 18/
2. 4.

149.
A parcel of Tubs, Piggens, and Pails
.10.

150.
1 pr Steelyards
.15.

151.
1 pr Scales &ca
.10.

152.
1 pr hand Mill Stones &ca
1.

whole amount
£1219.11.6

Wm Dandridge
}
Appraisors

   Thomas Fox

   James Richeson

3d Feby 1758
Inventory of the James City Estate

In the left hand Room up Stairs

153.
   2 Tables 15/. Trunk 2/. 1 dressg box 2/
.19.

154.
   1 Bed and Furniture £7 4 Maps & 4 Prints 8/
7. 8.

155.
4 Cain bottom Chair
1.

156.
1 brass Fender, shovel & old dogs
. 5.

In the Right hand Room

157.
8 Cain and 3 leather bottom Chairs
2.15.

158.
   5 prints & 3 Maps 8/. 2 dressg glasses 10/
.18.

159.
2 Trunks and 1 Cloaths Chest
.12.

   1 Bed and Furniture £4. 8 Table Cloths 40/
6.

4 pr Cotton Sheets 1 pillow case 60/
3.

   27 Towels 27/. 3 Fenders 9/
1.16.

160.
an old Trussel Bed
. 3.

In the Passage & Staircase

161.
   2 maps 2/. 5 glass prints 10/
.12.

162.
   12 Caesars 30/. 24 painted Pictures £10
11.10.

163.
5 prints of Alexanders Battles
.13.

164.
6 pictures painted on Wood
1.

165.
   5 Chairs 25/. 2 old Tables 4/
1. 9.

166.
1 Warming pan and 1 Broom
.10.

In the Chamber.

167.
   an old Desk 20/. 1 Escrutore 60/
4.

168.
   9 Chairs 27/. 1 Bed and Curtains £9
10. 7.

169.
   5 prints 5/. 32 glass prints 64/
3. 9.

170.
13 painted pictures
6.10.

1 looking Glass
1.

In the Closet

171.
   12 pewter plates 15/. 8 old ditto 5/
1.

8 old dishes, 3 old Pie plates, 1 Bason and 1 Cullinder
[1.10.]

172.
   Scollop Shells 1/. 1 pr Stilyards 3/
. 4.

173.
   2 Candlesticks 6/. 2 pr Snuffer’s 1/. p⟨illegible⟩ hol⟨illegible⟩
[. 9.]

174.
1 old Tea Chest, 1 Cannister, 1 buttr Pot 1 Decanter, 1 Basket
⟨. 4.⟩

176.
1 pr of Bellows
. 2.

In the Library

177.
A parcel of Books
25.

178.
A parcel of Pictures
1.

179.
a Short Barrel Gun & 1 Sword
.15.

180.
An old Desk & some few o⟨dd⟩ trifles
.10.

In the Hall.

a sett of Fruit pieces
5.

a sett of Flower pieces
5.

181.
   21 glass prints 25/. 1 looking glass 60/
4. 5.

182.
   2 painted pictures 25/. 12 Chairs 60/
4. 5.

8 Small China Bowles, 29 Saucers, 25 Cups
1.10.

183.
1 pair of Pumps, and 2 Cloaths Brushes
.12.

184.
   1 Couch 10/ 1 writing Desk 20/
1. 1.

185.
   1 large Table 30/. 1 marble Slabb £4
5.10.

186.
an old Dutch plate case
2.10.

187.
1 Square Table with a picture in it
.15.

In the Closet next the Garden

a parcell of glass ware
1. 2.

a parcel of China and Earthen ware
1.10.

12 pewter plates and 1 gill pot
.15.

1 Marble Mortar
. 7.

188.
12 knives and 12 Forks
.12.

189.
2 old Chafing dishes, 2 pr old Bellows and 1 Tea board
. 6.

In the Right hand Closet

190.
1 Tinn Cannister a small parcel of bottles a few knives & Sundry triff⟨l⟩ing Articles
.15.

191.
26 oz. 15 ⟨dwt⟩ Silver plate @ 6/ oz.
8. 0.6

In the Apothecaries Shop

192.
A parcel of old drugs and some old odd [“Trifles”]
2.

In the Cellars

[193.]
   10 dozn Wine £15. 1 gallon Pot 2/.
15. 2.

   1 gross bottles 26/. 5 Jugs 10/
1.16.

194.
6 Jars with some Oil and Soap
8.

195.
2 Pewter measures 1 Tawier [tarrier], 1 Cock
. 4.

A little Brandy and some old Cyder
1.

196.
A Cistern to Cool Meat and 1 Jarr
.10.

197.
1 pr of old Tongs, 1 pr of old Dogs and 1 old Water pot
. 8.

198.
1 Mouse Trap, 1 old Lanthorn 2 old Casks, & 1 old Safe
2.

In the Kitchen

199.
2 Bell Mettle Skillets
.12.

200.
2 Chocolate Potts, 1 Grid Iron 1 Ladle 1 Pestle and Mortar, 1 brandg Iron 1 Frying Pan, 2 flesh Forks 2 Spits, 1 pr of Scales
1.

201.
1 pair of Kitchen Dogs
.15.

202.
   4 pots and two pr pot Hooks 30/. old Kettle 12/
2. 2.

203.
Some old Iron
. 3.

204.
1 butter pot, one Search, 3 Chamber pots, one Mouse Trap
. 6.

205.
2 old pails, one old Pigg[ins] 2 old Tubs
. 2.

An old Negro Woman Cornelia
30.

Ditto girl Beck
30.

In the Grainery

About 50 Bushls Oats @ 9½d.
1.19.7

206.
   8 Chests 40/. a Still £6
8.

207.
2 Shovels, two Riddles 2 Measures
1. 5.

208.
17 Hilling Hoes and 1 Coopers Ax
2.16.

6 Sides of Sole leather ⟨illegible⟩
1. 7.

6 Sides upper leather skins
1.

209.
A parcel of Nails
5.

210.
A Fender two Water pots 1 Small hoe
.10.

211.
A Table and a small quantity of Red Lead
.10.

Up Stairs

212.
10 Chests, two Shovels and one old Bedstead
2.10.

In the Salt House

213.
A Small quantity of large Salt
. 8.

In the Coach House

214.
1 Grind Stone and Iron handle
. 4.

In the Store Loft

215.
   1 Cloaths Chest 15/. 4 old Chests 6/
1. 1.

216.
a parcel of old Pictures
. 6.

217.
An old Gun, a few small Barrls Lampblack, a parcel of old Window glass 2 close stools pans & 2 Bell glasses
.13.

218.
about 40 lb. of mixd Shott
.10.

219.
2 yds of hair Cloth and 2 Tin Cherry pots
. 3.

220.
16 Scyth Stones, 3 rubbers and 1 pair of Canhooks
. 6.

221.
1 leather Russell Couch
.10.

222.
12 pains large glass
.15.

1 garden pot
. 2.

223.
2 Dog Collars and one Cowpers Compass
. 3.

224.
1 Screw Jack and an old Anchor
1. 5.

225.
Some old Casements and a piece of hollow brass
. 6.

whole amt
£ 268. 2.1

John Blair Junr
}
Apprairs

   Peter Scott

   John Prentis

York

226.
   2 Sows and two Barrows 36/. 20 Shoats and Pigs 60/
4.16.

⟨227.⟩
   6 Calves 48/. 15 Steers £30
32. 8.

⟨228.⟩
   24 Cows £30.12. 1 Bull 20/. 15 young Cattle £12
52.12.

⟨229.⟩
   2 Sows and 5 Shoats 31/. 15 Steers £30
31.11.

230.
   21 Cows £33.12. 2 Bulls 40/. 23 young Cattle £20
55.12.

231.
   12 Steers £24. 19 Cows £30.8s.
54. 8.

232.
   13 young Cattle £9.15s. 2 Bulls 40/
11.15.

233.
   40 Calves £15. 10 draught Steers £20
35.

234.
   13 Steers £26 30 young Cattle £19.10
45.10.

235.
   25 Cows £41.5. 1 Bull 20/. 8 Steers £16
58. 5.

236.
   13 young Cattle £10.8. 46 Cows & Steers £73.12
84.

237.
   1 Bull 20/. 8 Steers £16. 19 Cows & Steers £30.8.
47. 8.

238.
   2 Bulls 40/. 4 young Cattle £3.12.
5.12.

239.
   1 Cart & Furniture £11. 1 large grindste 12/
11.12.

240.
   A parcel of old Iron & Harrows 40/. 9 large Hogs £11.14.
13.14.

241.
   4 Sows, 1 boar £4. 20 young hogs £10
14.

242.
   10 Shoats 50/. 12 Pigs 12/
3. 2.

243.
   1 Cart harness & 3 horses £15. 1 horse £7
22.

244.
   1 young bay horse £20. 1 pr Stilliards 6/
20. 6.

[24]5.
   3 Currying Knives 20/. 3 butter pots 9/
1. 9.

246.
   7 Cyder Hhds 20/. 300 Barls Corn @ 6/ £90
91.

247.
   2 doz. Milk pans 15/. 1 Mill spindle & horns 20/
1.15.

248.
   a parcel of Carpenters Tools £7.10. 6 Irn Wedgs 12/
8. 2.

249.
   A Sett of Cart wheel hoops 12/. 2 brd hoes 6/
. 8.

250.
   24 M 6d. Nails £4.16. a parcel old Nails 15/
5.11.

£ 712. 6.

Old Johny £15.; Ockney 40.; Joe 60.; Cupid 50.; young Ned 50.; Crispin 40.; Peter 40.; Danl Twine 10.; Ned 50.; Old Captain 15.; Isaac 50.; Old Jager 15.; Eugene 45.; Mill Betty 50.; Frank & Chd Judith 50.; Jack 35.; Ockney 23.; Moll & Chd Brunswk 50.; Fanny 40.; Dinah & Chd Jenny 50.; Beck 50.; Cornelia 40.; Arber 15.; Patt 15.; Evelin 15.; Sall 16.; Moll 50.; Pegg 50.; Caesar 25.; Lucy 15.; Amey 10.; Roger 35.; Arlington 35.; Grace 40.; Old Chance 20.; Orange 40.; Miller Jemmy 60.; Jupiter 50.; Tobey 40.; Sam 50.; York 50.; Muccon 50.; Peter 70.; Will 50.; Bachus 40.; Be⟨illegible⟩ 50.; Ph⟨illegible⟩ 40.; Arlington 5.; Alice 40.; Hannah 40.; Tom 20.; Lydia 26.; Grace & Chd 50.; Old Nanny 25.; Betty 40.; Eulin & Chd Phil 50.; Acre 40.; Hannah 25.; Sukey 25.; Doll 15.; Alice 16.; Daphne & Chd Jemy 55.; Pegg 25.; Danl 20.; Nelly 15.; George 30.; Betty 35.; Daphne 25.; Fabbey 45.; Ned 35.

Negroes [£]2501.

[Total] £3213. 6.

John Blair Junr
}
Appraisers

   Matthew Shields

   William Graves

Northampton

Caesar £10.; Simon 30.; Gurshire 40.; Susannah 30.; Gurshire 35.; Simon 15.; Caesar 10.; Doll 20.; Perry 25.; 1 young Fellow 35.; Judith 30.; 1 old Wench 30.; George 30.; Daniel 15.; Perry 7.; Polly 15.

Negroes
[£] 377.

Stock of Cattle at Arlington

251.
2 Bulls 40/. 16 Cows £16
18.

252.
3 young Steers 70/. 14 Calves 70/
7.

Stock of Cattle at Smiths Isld

⟨253.⟩
6 Cows and Calves at 25/
7.10.

⟨254.⟩
4 four years old Steer’s at 25/
5.

⟨255.⟩
6 two years old Ditto @ 12/
3.12.

⟨256.⟩
6 one year old ditto @ 7/6
2. 5.

⟨257.⟩
Abt 80 or 90 wild Cattle @ 12/6
53. 2. 6

Stock of Cattle at Mockon [Mockhorn] Isld

⟨258.⟩
4 large Steers @ 45/. 1 Steer 25/
10. 5.

⟨25⟩9.
19 Cows £19. ⟨2⟩ Heifer’s 40/
⟨21.⟩

260.
21 Year olds £7.17.6 five Calves 25/ 1 Bull 17/6
10.

261.
3 young Horses @ 70/
10.10.

262.
2 old Ditto
6.

⟨263.⟩
⟨1⟩ Ditto
⟨illegible⟩

⟨264.⟩
⟨illegible⟩ old Mare ⟨illegible⟩ Colt
⟨illegible⟩.10.

26⟨5.⟩
50 Sheep @ 5/
12.10.

⟨2⟩66.
5 old axes a⟨nd⟩ one broad Ax 2/
[.12.]

[2]68.
7 New broad hoes @ 3/4
1. 3. 4

[2]69.
4 narrow ditto @ 3/. 4 [old] ditto @ 6d.
⟨.14.⟩

[2]70.
8 old broad ditto @ 20d. [9] Wedges
1.11. 4

[2]71.
4 old plows @ 3/6
.14.

[272.]
1 Cart and Wheels
1.17. 6

[27]3.
1 old Cart
. 5.

[27]4.
7 Bushels of Salt @ 2/6
.17. 6

[275.]
1 old Spade 1/. 1 handsaw 7/6
. 8. 6

[276.]
1 Hatchet 1/8. 2 wier Sieves @ 3/6
. 8. 8

[277.]
1 hand Mill 20/. 1 Ditto 13/6
1.13. 6

[278.]
1 old Grindstone 3/. 1 Augur 2/
. 5.

⟨illegible⟩ new Narrow Axes @ 4/
.12.

279.
1 Iron Pot and pothooks
.10.

280.
500 gals. Cyder @ [3d.]
6. 5.

whole amt
£ 563.16.[10]

Littleton Eyre
}
Appraisors

   John Kendal

   John Wilkins

Hanover

281.
   1 old Bay horse £5. ditto £5
10.

282.
   5 Hogs 50. 16 Shoats £4. 4 Sows and 24 pigs
8.10.

283.
1 Ox Cart & Wheels with 2 Yokes & Chains
3.

284.
4 Working Steers
8.

285.
   6 Cows £6. 4 Heifers £4
10.

286.
   11 young Cattle £8.5. 1 Bull 20/. 3 Calves
10.

287.
1 new narrow hoe
. 3.[6]

288.
18 old hoes 32 Axes, & some other old Iron
1. 5.

289.
1 Collar and Haims & 1 old Auger
. 1. 6

290.
1 pr hand Millstones and Peck
.12.[6]

291.
1 old half Bushel & old Barrls
. 2.

292.
15 Barrls of Corn at 4/6
3. 7. 6

[293.]
3 Iron Wedges & Reap hooks 1 old curry Comb & 1 pr of Iron Spancels
.10.

294.
1 grind Stone
. 2. 6

[295.]
1 Wheat Sieve
. 3.

Matt £45.; Sarah 30.; Jenn⟨y⟩ 40.; Morris 25.; ⟨Joh⟩n 20.; Patrick 15.; William 6.; Alice 25.; Sam 45.; Moll 35.; Kitt 40.; Bob 25.; Paul 23.; Davy 12.; Hannah 25.; Jenny 8.

Negroes £ 419

474.17. 6

Willm Taylor
}
Appraisors

   George Taylor

   Elisha Meridith

Negroes

£ s. d.
goods & Chatl
Total appd

New Kent
[4769.1].6
£2499. 4.11
7268. 6. 5

King William
[832.]
387.11. 6
1219.11. 6

James City
[60.]
208. 2. 1
268.[2. 1]

York
[2501.]
712. 6.
[3213. 6.]

North⟨ampton⟩
[377.]
[186.16.10]
[563.16.10]

Hano⟨ver⟩
[419.]
[55.17. 6]
[474.17. 6]

[Totals]
[8958.1.6]
[4049.18.10]
[13008. 0. 4]


Title: III-A-2. Account of Items in the Estate Used by Martha Custis, 1759
From: Unknown
To:

[1759]

An Account of Sundrys taken and usd by Mrs Custis out of the Inventories

No.

£.  s. d.

⟨19.⟩
A Chariot and Harness
80. 0. 0

30.
2 Sorrel horses
50.

ditto
2 bay ditto
32.

32.
1 young Stallion
25.

244.
1 young bay horse (York)
20.

⟨3⟩4.
1 young Sorrel horse
18.

⟨34.⟩
1 young bay ditto
12.

32.
1 old Roan ditto
8.

32.
1 Mare and Colt
12.

140.
4 Work horses (King Wm)
20.

56.
A quanty of wine of sevl sorts in Bottles Jugs &ca
40.

⟨19⟩3.
10 dozn ditto
15.

⟨13⟩0.
1 Tierce qty abt 60 gals. Rum
12.

⟨130.⟩
8 Carboys & 1 Jug wt. Rum & Brandy in them, 3 buttr Pots & Botts
7.10.

195.
A little Brandy & some old Cyder
1.

130.
1 Jar qty abt 15 gals. Train Oyl
3.

66.
22 loaves dble & singe Refd Sugar
12.

77.
1 Barl & pt of a Barl Sugar
7.

58.
a parl of Salt Petre
2.13.

196.
3 pots Butter
1.16.

58.
6 pots & Jars wt. Raisons
1.

205.
abt 50 Bushels of Oats
1.19. 6

104.
141 yds of Irish Linn
24. 8. 6

107.
1 piece brown Holland
3.

63.
2 ps. Check & pn ps. Ditto
4.

132.
49 yds white Flannel
4. 1. 8

53.
2 pieces Callico
4.

104.
1 ps. Sagathy, Shaln Buttns & Twist
6.10.

104.
1 Silk Pattern for Breeches
2.

104.
2½ ps. of Nankeen
1.10.

⟨10⟩5.
11 pair Mens Stockings
2.17. 6

106.
5 pair Mens gloves
.10.

183.
1 pr pumps & 2 Cloths Brushs
.12.

88.
1 pr Standd Weights & Scales
5.

130.
3 Small Barrls paint
3. 5.

63.
25 Quire Paper
.16.

66.
2 Jockey Caps
.10.

68.
4 M Sml Nails & a pr brass Do
.19.

109.
4 Groce Horn Butt⟨ons⟩
1.

⟨13⟩5.
4 M 3d. Nails
. 8.

⟨110.
1⟩ S⟨la⟩te and P⟨encils⟩
. 2.

206.
   2 Chest 10/. A Still £6
6.10.

41.
2 pr Money Scales & Wts
3.

38.
8 Razors Case hone & Strap
1.10.

12.
80 lb. Sheet Lead
.13.

193.
1 gross Bottles and 5 Jugs
1.16.

208.
6 Sides of Leather @ 4/6 £1.7. 6 Sides uppr Leathr & 7 Skins [£]1.
2. 7.

247.
1 Mill Spindle & horns
1.

69.
4 brass Runners
. 8.

69.
4 dozn Whetstones & a pr Sadrs Tacks
. 8.

187.
1 Marble Mortar
. 7.

114.
1 pr Stirrups and Cha[rio]t Whip
. 7.

135.
5 paint Brushes
. 2. 6

217.
An old Gun a few Sml Barls Lamp black a parcel old Window Glass 2 close stool Pans & 2 B: Glass.
.13.

109.
1 Shaving Pot and Bason
. 1.

219.
2 yds hair Cloth & 2 Tin Cherry Pots
. 3.

223.
2 dog Collars & 1 Cowper’s Compass
. 3.

225.
Some old Casemts & a ps. hollw Brass
. 6.

222.
1 Garden Pot
. 2.

12.
1 Bed and Furniture
6.

52.
   2 Beds Bolsters 1 Rug 2 pr Sheets 2 Counterpins bedsds & Cords
10.

⟨53.⟩
   2 Beds bolsters 4 pillows 2 pr Blankts 1 Suit old Curtns Bedsteads and Cords
10.

55.
2 Beds and Furniture
12.

154.
⟨1⟩ ditto and [Furniture]
7.

⟨159.
1 Bed⟩ and ⟨Furniture⟩
4.

168.
1 ditto and Curtains
9.

⟨53.
10 Counter⟩pns and 5 Bed quilts
12.10.

5⟨3.⟩
2 pair Blankets
2. 5.

106.
1 Rug
1.

53.
20 pair of sheets
8.12.

129.
4 pair Cotton Do 1 pillowcase
3.

53.
24 pillow Cases & Towels
2. 5.

53.
41 Table Cloths
14.

53.
99 Napkins and Towels
7. 8.

104.
5 Diaper Table Cloths
3.15.

159.
8 Table Cloths
2.

159.
27 Towels
1. 7.

41.
1 Mahagony Desk
4.

43.
1 large Mahagony Table
3.

⟨4⟩3.
1 Marble Slab
3.

⟨18⟩5.
1 ditto ditto
4.

⟨18⟩7.
1 Square Table with a picture in it
.15.

⟨5⟩3.
2 Bureau dressing Tables
6.

53.
2 dressing glasses
3.

43.
1 large looking Glass
4.

155.
4 Cane bottom Chairs
1.

157.
8 Ditto
2.

182.
12 ditto
3.

180.
a sett of Fruit pieces
5.

180.
A Sett of Flower pieces
5.

48.
1 old Cabinet
1.

51.
2 Chagreen knife Cases wt. 12 K: & F. in each
3.10.

58.
1 brass plate warmer & 2 pr Shovls & Tongs
1.10.

64.
2 plate Baskets, 1 brd Do & a bag Corks
1.

57.
2 pr Andirons Cooler & Treacle &ca
5.10.

159.
3 Fenders
. 9.

21.
4 brass Ditto and a wier Rat Trap
1.

176.
1 pr Bellows
⟨1.⟩2.

37.
4 Sliders
. 3.

118.
41 Pewter Dishes and 4 Basons
11.10.

171.
8 old Dishes, 3 old pie plates 1 bason &ca
1.10.

118.
5¾ dozn Pewter plates
⟨5.10.⟩

171.
   12 pewter plates 15/. 8 ⟨old ditto 5/⟩
⟨1.⟩

187.
12 pewter plates and ⟨1 gill⟩ pot
⟨.1⟩5.

118.
1 Bed pan and 18 pa⟨ttipans⟩
. 7.⟨6⟩

195.
2 pewter m⟨easures⟩ &ca
⟨. 4.⟩

37.
8 dozn & 8 China plates & 15 dishes
10.

37.
1 Sett gilt China and Coffee Mill
⟨4.⟩

37.
A parcel China Tea Cups, Saucers Tea pot, Milk pot, Bowles &ca
5.

182.
   8 Small Bowles 29 Saucers 25 C⟨up⟩s
1.10.

37.
3 two quart Mugs
. 3. 9

67.
1 Tea Chest and 4 old China Cups
. 2.

187.
a parcel of China and Earthen Ware
1.10.

37.
30 Wine and beer glasses
.15.

84.
23 glasses
.11. 6

⟨130.⟩
1 dozn Wine glasses
. 7. 6

37.
2 Tumblers, 2 Jelly glasses, 1 Cruet, 1 Salt, and 1 Mustard pot
. 3.

⟨37.⟩
7 Sweet Meat Glasses @ 1/3
. 8. 9

⟨187.
a⟩ parcel of glass ware
1. 2.

37.
A parcel of Earthen Ware
1. 5.

77.
1 Crate Earthen ware & 2 baskts Corks
.14.

172.
2 Scollop Shells
. 1.

121.
1 Copper Kettle
⟨4.⟩

120.
1 Fish Kettle, 1 Copper pot 3 Coffee Pots 1 Chocolate Pot, 1 Tureen & 2 Tin Kettles
5.

121.
2 Iron Pots &ca
2.10.

58.
2 Bell mettle Skillets and 18 pattipans
⟨2.⟩

120.
   1 Stew pan 1 frying pan 4 pot racks
2. 1

120.
1 dripping pan fleshg fk Ladle Shl & Tongs
1.

118.
1 pestle and mortar and 3 Spits
1. 5.

52.
2 Box Irons and stands & Smoothg iron
⟨1.1⟩4.

20.
1 Iron mortar 1 old Still and 2 pestles
1.

23.
2 Whipsaws
1.

76.
1 Currying knife and 1 Fleshg ditto
1.

73.
1 hatchet, 2 Taper bits, & 1 markg Iron
. 9.

72.
5 dozn & 8 Files of sevl sorts
2.

136.
60 Awl blades
. 1. 5

£ 714. 6. 6

Cattle
£ 421.13.10

Hogs
£ 77. 7. 2

Sheep
£ 18.18. 8

£1232. 6. 2


Title: III-A-3. Account of Items in the Estate Sold, 1759
From: Washington, George
To:

[1759]

Sale of the EstateSundries
Appraisd at
Sold for

£  s. d.
£  s. d.

2 pair Andirons
. 7.6
.15

3 ⟨pr⟩ ditto Saddle Bridle &ca
10.
6.14.7

[1] pr ditto and 4 pots and Pot hooks
7.
2.

[1] Basket Butter pot Cannister &ca
. 4.
.13.6

   ⟨illegible⟩ old Trustle Bed Tea Chest
4.13.
2. 7.5


Title: III-A–6. Auditor’s Account of Lands and Acreage in the Estate, 1759
From: Washington, George
To:

[1759]

An Account of the Lands in the Estate per the Auditors List.

In the County of
York
3074
Acres

New Kent
6264

Northampton
4650

Hanover
911

King William
 2880

In all
17779
Acres

Sign’d  John Blair


Title: III-A–7. Account of Rents in the Estate, 1759
From: Washington, George
To:

[1759]

An Account of Rents

In Williamsburg
John Warrington

£20.

Peter Scott

10.

Thomas Weathers

10.

George Chaplain

10.

Andrew Lindsay

5.

James Yates

5.

£60.

In York County
Emery Hughs

8.

Abram Co⟨les⟩

4.

George Jo⟨nes⟩

3.

Jno. A⟨shwell⟩ (Ship Landg)

5.

⟨illegible⟩
Tobo 630 lbs.

20.

In Northampton
⟨illegible⟩ Smiths Isld

12.

   ⟨Mockhorn Island⟩

  1.10

£13.10

Total amt

630 lbs.
£93.10

   There are besides, below⟨illegible⟩ unimproved Lotts in James Town ⟨illegible⟩
3 Mills vi⟨z⟩ 1 in New Kent 1 in Yo⟨rk co⟩un⟨ty⟩ & 1 ⟨In⟩ Ja⟨mes Cit⟩y calld the Paper Mill.


Title: III-A–8. Account of British Goods Charged to the Three Heirs, 1759
From: Washington, George
To:

[1759]

An Account of Goods which Mrs Custis had out of those Imported from England
   Goods from Cary & Compa.

2 dozn Scythe Stones
. 1. 8

4 plate Stock Locks
. 6.

7 hand saw files
. 1. 2

2 dozn Rusaw Ditto
.12. 6

3 half round Rasps
  .10 1/2

3 Strong grass Scythes & Furn[itur]e
.13.[6]

1 pair Garden Sheers
.[4.]6

2 handsaws
.16.

6 Scribing Chissels
. 2. 9

1 broad ditto
. 7.

Sugar, Spice &ca from Newnham Shapley & Co.
9. 9.10

1 doz. printed handkfs
1.16.

½ ps. fine gulix holland
7.10.

1 ps. demy Cambrick
3. 7.

2 ps. British Oznabrigs
6.10.

1 ps. Crocas
. 8. 6

2 ps. brown Rolls
1.15.

1 Iron Wire Sieve
.15.

1 brass Wire ditto & ⟨pt.⟩ charges
. 6. 9

Silk from Palmer & Son & Fleet[woo]d
25. 1. 6

Manteaum[ake]r Jno. Schersberg
11. 2. 9

2 pr good Horse Scissars
. 2.

1 pr white Tabby Stays
2. 5.

6 pr black everlastg Shoes
1.19.

Rings & Buttns of Jno. Payne
8.15. 6

6 pair Womans blk kid Glo[ve]s
.10. 6

Tea of Carteny and Son
6.16. 6

8 groce of Corks
.16. 6

4 papers Ink Powder
. 1. 6

Haberdashery of Lard[ne]r & B[aratty]
3. 9. 2

6 Strong Halters
.15.

2 Bridles
. 4. 6

1 Wilton Carpet
4.15.10

Buckles &ca of Passava⟨nt⟩
⟨3.13.⟩

Millenary of Jane Backh[ous]e
8.15.⟨9⟩

Mops Brush &ca of T. Johnston
.17. 9

Castle Soap, Capers & Olives
1. 5.

Cheshire Cheese
⟨1. 8. 8⟩

Snuff Box
10.15.

A Tea Chest & board
  .18

1 dozn Knives and Forks
  .15

a Cardinal and Bonnet
2. 7. 6

6 pr Kid Mittens
.10. 6

1 pr Ticken Stays & Tabby Stomacher
1.18.

A Box for bread
. 4. 6

2 yd clear Lawn
.16.

5 pr Womens Shoes
1. 3.

21 lb. wt. Bisket
. 7. 6

Glass Ware & China of Richd Farrar & Compa.
  10. 2. 8 1/2

148. 1. 2

Insure & Chas. at 12½ prCt
  18.10. 1 1/2

£166.11. 3 1/2

6 pr Cotton hose
1.19.

a Gown died
. 7.

Silk of Parmr [Palmer] & Son &ca
24. 5.

Fans &ca of Passavant
8.17.

3 gauze handfs & a Bonn[e]t
1. 1. 6

Millinary of Jane Backe
14. 1. 1

Mantumaker Jno. Shersberg
26. 8.

Shoes of A. Gresham
5.15. 6

Gold Shoe Buckles &ca J. Payne
21. 3. 3

Haberdashery of Lardr &ca
4.13. 9

Turlingtons Balsam &ca
.13. 2

Tea from Carteny & Son
7.19. 2

2 pr Stays
4.10.

Gilt Paper and Book
. 8. 6

6 Curry Combs and Brushs
.12.

1 dozn Gloves and Mittens
1.

20 groce of Corks
2. 1.

Snuff
.14. 6

Ginger Bread
1. 6.

4 Chafing Dishes & 1 preser[v]ing p[a]n
1. 7.

22 yds fine Scarlet Bays
3.17.

1 pr pack thd Stays
1. 1.

3 dozn blunt handsaw Files
. 5. 3

6 Whipsaw Files
. 2. 9

1 dozn box Gimblets
  .10

1 dozn x Garnets
.10.

6 pr HLs
. 6.

6 drawing knives
. 6. 6

6 Claw hammers
. 4.

3 Lathing Ditto
. 3.

3 pair steel Compasses
  . 9

6 two foot Rules
. 4. 6

2 Box Irons, heaters & Stands
.13.

2 pr steel Dogs brass heads
5.

2 Setts Shov⟨les & tongs⟩ for do
1.10.

2 M 3d. Na⟨ils⟩
. 2. 8

⟨½ ps. long Lawn⟩
3.

⟨1 broad kenting
1.15.⟩

1 Denny⟨y Cambrick
3. 8.⟩

⟨1 Superfine clear Lawn
4. 5.⟩

⟨A Cheshire Cheese
3. 9. 7⟩

Mop⟨s Clamps &c. Thos Johnson
1. 3. 3⟩

⟨Mahagony Beuroe &c. of Philip Bell
5. 2.⟩

⟨1 Case of Pickles
4.17. 3⟩

⟨Fruit Spices &c. of Newnham and Shapley
7.17. 5⟩

⟨1 Groce⟩ of Porter
  [3.]15.

 182. 6. 2

⟨11 per⟩ Ct of Charges &c.
20. 1. 1

£202. 7. 3

Goods from Gildart

39 ⟨yds⟩ white Sheetg @ ⟨21d.⟩
3. 8. 3

50 yds Irish Linnen 3/4d.
8. 6. 8

50 yds Ditto ⟨2/8d.⟩
6.13. 4

25 yds Ditto ⟨1/5¾⟩
1.16.11 3/4

26 yds Ditto ⟨1/3d.⟩
1.12. 6

55 yds Doulas 1/
2.15.

1 ps. Cambrick
3.13.

6 yds Laces
2.17.

6 Silk Laces
. 3. 6

8 Strong Halters
1. 8.

1 hand Bell
. 2. 9

16 oz. thread
.10. 8

2 matresses
2. 2.

6 doz. Sail needles
. 4.

6 loaves dble Sugar
2. 4.   3/4

8 Single Do and Cask
2.17.11 1/3

1 Sack of Clover Seed
2.18. 8

10⅞ gallns Brandy
5. 2. 4 1/2

1 Barrl Gunpowder
6. 6.

£ 55. 2. 8 1/4

⟨21 prCt Insure⟩ & Chargs.
  11.11. 6 3/4

£ 66.14. 3

A Cask Tin Ware & 1 dozn kid Mns
6. 1.10

3 ps. Kendall Cotton
3. 7. 6

1 ps. Indn blankettg No. 1
3.15.

A Cask of Linnens
25. 1. 7 1/4

A Cask of Loaf Sugar
8.11. 5

A Cask of Malt
2. 8. 6

4 Mahagony hand bo[ar]ds and box
1. 6.

4 Baggs of Salt
.19.

£ 51.10.10 1/4

£3.7s.6d. prCt for Charges
1.14. 9 1/4

£ 53. 5. 7 1/2

Goods from Oswald

2 dozn mens plaid Hose
1. 1.

1 dozn Womens ditto
. 8. 6

10 lb. brown Thread
.15. 9

10 lb. Shoe thread
     .10.

2.14. 9

10 prCt for Charges
     . 5. 5 3/4

£  3. 0. 2 3/4

Sterling
£491.18. 7 3/4

Goods for Miss Patty Custis

1 pair pack thd Stays
£ . 7.

4 pr kid Mittens
. 4.

2 pr Silk pumps
.10.

2 Lawn Frocks
1.18. 6

A Cap and Egret
. 6.

Toys
. 9.

Books
. 4. 1

A Cardinal & Bonnet
   1.15.

£ 6.13. 7

12½ prCent
    .16. 8

 £ 7.10. 3

4 pr thrd Hose
. 6. 8

A Baby
. 5.

2 Cambrick Frocks & a Bt
2.11.

A Cap &ca J. Backhouse
2. 2. 9  1/4

4 pr Worstd & 4 pr thd hose
.17. 4

1 pr Silver Buckles & Thimble
⟨.13. 1⟩

10 pr of Shoes
1.10. 2

10 pr Gloves & Mittens
. 6. 8

1 pr pack thd Stays
⟨1. 1.⟩

Toys
     . 4.

9.17. 8 1/4

11 prCt
    1. 1. 9

 £10.19. 5 1/4

Sterling
£18. 9. 8 1/4

⟨For Mr Jackey

4 pair of Gloves
. 2. 8

Silver laced hat
.12. 9 1/2

Hat
.18. 6

Toys
1. 9.

Books
. 4. 1

2 hats
     .13. 6

£ 4. 0. 6 1/2

12½ ⅌ cent
     .10.   1/2

£ 4.10. 7

4 pair thread hose
. 8.

A Rose & Bag
. 2. 6

4 pair thread Stockings & hats
2. 4.10

2 lib. perfumd powder
. 2.

8 pair Shoes
.17. 6

A Suit of Cloaths
2. 7. 3

Toys
     .11. 1

£ 6.13. 2

11 ⅌ Cent
   14. 8.

    7. 7.10

Sterling
£11.18. 5⟩


Title: III-C-1. Schedule C: Account of Martha Washington’s Share of the Estate, c.October 1759
From: Washington, George
To:

[c.October 1759]

Dr

George Washington Esqr.
Sterling
Currt Money

To Mrs Washington’s Dower in the Negroes appraisd

£2986.

To Sundries as by the several Inventories

1232. 6. 2

To Sundries out of the Goods Imported from G: Britain
£491.18.7 3/4

To ⅓ of £540.14.5 made use of for the Estate before the Divi[sio]n

180. 4. 9 1/2

£491.18.7 3/4
£4398.10.11 1/2

Contra             Cr.

Sterling
Currency

By Mrs Washington’s Dower
£1617.18.
£7618. 7.11 1/2


Title: III-C-2. Schedule C: Account of John Parke Custis’s Share of the Estate, c.October 1759
From: Washington, George
To:

[c.October 1759]

Dr

Mr John Parke Custis
Sterling
Currency

To ⅔ of the Negroes appraisd at

£5972. 1. 6

To sundries as by the several Inventories

2026.17. 9

To Sundries out of the Goods Importd
£571. 4.1 1/2

To ⅓ of £540.14.5 made use of for the Estate before Division

180. 4. 9 1/2

To Jno. Richmond[,] Taylor

4. 6.11 1/2

To Witnesses attend[anc]e in a Suit re Foster 435 [lbs. tobacco]

To Lewis Webb for 7 dozn buttons

. 7. 9

To Jas Darnforth mendg Buckles

. 2.

To George Heath makg Cloaths

.12. 9

To Jno. Jas Hulet for his part of the Mill

50.  .

To Jno. Palmer for drawg the Deed

1. 1. 6

Tobo 435.
£571. 4.1 1/2
£8235.15.

Contra             Cr.

Sterling
Currency

By his third of the Estate
£1617.18.
£7618. 7.11 1/2


Title: III-C-3. Schedule C: Account of Martha Parke Custis’s Share of the Estate, c.October 1759
From: Washington, George
To:

[c.October 1759]

Dr

Miss Martha Parke Custis
Sterling
Currency

To Sundries out of the Goods Impord
£18. 9.8 1/2

To ⅓ of £540.14.5 made use of for the Estate before the Division

£180. 4. 9 1/4

To Doctor Amsons Acct

9. 1. 6

To Eliz: Vaughan makg Cloaths

.19. 3

To 5 Yds printed Linnen

1.  .

To Toys & altering her Stays

. 4. 6

£18. 9.8 1/2
£191.10.   1/4

Contra             Cr.

Sterling
Currency

By her third of the Estate
£1617.18.
£7618. 7.11 1/2


Title: IV. Report of the Estate Commissioners, 5 November 1761
From: Estate Commissioners
To:

[5 November 1761]

We the Subscribers have pursuant to the Order of the Honble the General Court examined the Accounts of George Washington Esqr. against the Estate of Daniel Parke Custis Esqr. deceased and his Infant Children John Parke Custis and Martha Parke Custis to whom the said George Washington is Guardian and find the same fairly and justly stated and prooved by proper Vouchers and have therefore Settled the Ballances as due April last according to the several Accounts hereunto annexed. Given under Our Hands this 5th day of November 1761.

(Signed)
Peyton Randolph

Ro. C. Nicholas

Thos Everard


Title: IV-A. General Account of the Estate, c.November 1761
From: Washington, George
To:

[c.November 1761]

The Estate of Daniel Parke Custis Esqr. deceased

Dr

Currt Mony
Sterling

£ s. d.
£ s. d.

To Joseph Valentine the Estates Steward for Sundry’s paid by him on the Estates Account and allowed him upon his Settlement Vizt

   Overseers & Servants—his own Wages £160—Henry Richardsons share of Corn £5.9—Charles Whitlock’s £1.1.3 Henry Richardsons share of Tobo £1.15 John Roan’s £1.5 and £28.5.7½ Dite [Epaphroditus] Howle’s share of Corn & Tobo £41.1 Lewis Smiths £17.6.6  Roger Tandys Wages £38.12.6 William Jacksons £12.10 John Valentine £12.10 Benja. Piggots £8 [James] Bigges Ferriage over the bay £1.10 Valentines Ferriage in 1758 £1.5 and in 1759 £1.15
332. 5.10 1/2

   Levies & Taxes both years in York £65.13.11 New Kent £76.1.7¾ James City £1.4.1 Hanover £7.18.4 King William £17.9.7
168. 7. 6 3/4

QuitRents both years
7. 5.
&   30.

   Negroes Expences Rice, Sugar Rum, Shoe thread Oil and Shoemakers Tools £2.11.6 Doctr [James] Carters acct £27.8.9 the midwife 15/
30.15. 3

   Tobacco—Inspection 15 hhds 1758. £3.15. 95 hhds 1759 £23.15. bringing 3 hhds over the Bay £1.2.6. Nails 6/
28.18. 6

Law Charges for a Writ by Finney 1/3 & Atts. Fees Armistead 7/6
8. 9

   Plantation Expences for Leading Lines, Sheep Sheers, horse Collars, Cart Saddles Tobacco knives, and a padlock £1.4.6. Rum & Meat for Reapings £2.14. Mending Sein 20s. A trenail head 15s. trimming the Flats £1.18.6 Mending a watch 15s. Expences at the Sale of the Goods £2.16.9 underpinning

      the Dairy 2⟨3⟩s. carrying Timber to the Eastern Shore £2.0.0 bringing Sheep from thence £1.11.3
15.18. 0

   Accounts—paid to Tarpley and Knox £4.19.9 W⟨illegible⟩ Langston £1.13.9 George Heath[,] Taylor[,] £5.6.5. Thomas Pate £2.8.[0½]
14. 7.11 1/2

   To George Washington for Sun⟨dry illegible⟩ to Littleton Eyre for Freight of 615 Bush⟨ls illegible of⟩ Wheat
6. 4. 7 1/2

James Hunter for Freight & Charg⟨es illegible⟩ Shipd in the Fair Ameri[ca]n
7.10.

John Mercer for the Balle of his Ac⟨illegible⟩ his Bond for £100 for which the Estate has Credit ⟨illegible⟩
183. 5.

Peyton Randolph Esqr. for the Balle ⟨illegible⟩
19.14.

Revd David Mossum for the Balle ⟨illegible⟩
20. 3. 1

Naval officer for a Certificate of ⟨illegible⟩
6. 3

To James Gildart Esqr. for the Balle of ⟨illegible 17⟩59

23. 9.11 1/2

To Hanbury Esqr. & Co. for the Balle ⟨illegible⟩ 1759

11.13. 6

To Ditto for a Bill p⟨ayab⟩le to Thos More ⟨illegible⟩ Interest

250.

[To Ditto] for Insu⟨rance on⟩ 20 hhds Tobo ⟨illegible⟩

22. 2. 6

To Robt Cary Esqr. & Co. for Insurance by the ⟨illegible⟩

100.19. 6

£ 835. 6. 1 1/4
£ 438. 5. 5 1/2

To John Parke Custis for one third of the Balle of this Account
92. 6. 9 5/12
 & 563. 4. 0 11/12

To Martha Parke Custis for another third part thereof
92. 6. 9 5/12
 & 563. 4. 0 11/12

To George Washington & Martha his Wife for the other third
92. 6. 9 5/12
 & 563. 4. 0 11/12

£1112. 6. 5 1/2
 & 2127.17. 8 1/4

Contra
Cr.
Currt Mony
Sterling

1758 and 1759

£ s. d.
£ s. d.

By Joseph Valentine for Sundrys he accounted for as disposed of for the ⟨Estates⟩ Acct Vizt

Corn 790½ Barrls
£408. 9.7

Wheat 752½ Bushls
170. 1.3

Pork 20021 lb.
172.11.1

Butter 332 lb.
16.12.

Beef 669 lb. & a bar[re]n Cow & Veal
11. 5.7 1/2

Pease 87½ bushls
8.14.6

Fodder
1.

Pasturage of Horses in the Marsh
3. 7.6

Balle of [James]

Bigges the Eastn

Shore Oversr Acct
  11.19.5
804.  .11 1/2

Cash Recd by him of John Blair Esqr. for Interest

30.

William Hallop for his note of hand & ⟨illegible⟩hing

7. 8.

Phillip Johnson

1.  .

By George Washington for Sundrys recd by him Vizt from Littleton Eyre for 900 Bushels of Corn

90.  .

John Mercer for Interest

183. 5.

Abner Clopton for his Note of hand

3. 0. 4

By ditto for 567 Bushels of Oats @ 10d.

23.12. 6

By James Gildart Esqr. for 1 hhd Tobacco by the Everton

8. 4.1 1/4

By Hanbury & Co. for 17 hhds Tobacco Insurd upon the Ann

251. 8.8

[ditto] for Goods in

the Supply taken retaken & sold at Bristol for

5. 8.7

By Robt Cary Esqr. & Co. for the Balle of their Acct Currt dated Augt 22 1759

987. 4.2

[ditto] for the proceeds of 15 hhds Tobo by the Fair American

267.15.

ditto for 50 hhds Tobo ⟨shipped⟩ upon the Cary, [Henry] Talman

577.17.2

£1112. 6. 5 1/2
 2127.17.8 1/4

Note. there is in the hands of—Master ⟨illegible hhds of⟩ Tobo shipd by the Deliverance—Russia Mercht—Gildart ⟨illegible⟩ not yet Accounted for which in or⟨der to illegible⟩ carried to the Account of Jno. Parke Custis ⟨illegible⟩ and George Washington and ⟨Martha⟩ his Wife one third each.


Title: IV-B. John Parke Custis’s Estate Account, c. November 1761
From: Washington, George
To:

[c. November 1761]

Dr

Mr John Parke Custis 1759

Currt Mony
Sterling

£ s. d.
£ s. d.

1759 Oct.

To Balle of your Acct Currt then settled & approvd of by the Genl Court [and] 435 lib. Tobo
617. 7.   1/2

To the said 435 lib. Tobacco @ 20/ prCt
4. 7.

To James Gildart Esqr. for ⅔ of £151.0.4¾ for Negroes Cloathing

£ 100.13. 7

To 4 pair Cotton Sheets and Beds for Overseers and Workmen
17.

1760

   To Sundrys for his own use Vizt 8½ yds Irish Linnen £3.14.3[;]⅝ Cambrick 12/6[;] 1¼ yds Linnen 3/1½[;] Toys 3/9[;] Books and Marbles 3/11[;] Callico for a double Gown 20[;] 1 Yard fustian 2/. A pair of Silver Buckles 15s. A Suit of Cloaths for his Man £3.15.1½. 7½ yards ⟨illegible⟩las 12/6 and a pair of Shoes for ditto 4/.
11. 6. 2

   To Joseph Valentine for Sundrys allowed him at Settlement Vizt for his own Wages £70  paid the Mill Right 10£ 15/. the Taylor £2.4.10. The Weaver £1.13.4. the Glazier 9/9 for building a Boat 25s. Mending Seines 20s. taking up ⟨Je⟩mmy 39/6. 15 Bushels of Oats to Sow 21/3. Toys 4/. an Augur 1/3. Tobo Knives 7/6. Milk pans 26/7½ horse Collars 3/6
92.11. 6 1/2

To Mrs Washington’s [share] of the Rents on the other side
43. 2. 6

To Sundrys for his own use Vizt Shipd by Robert Cary Esqr. & Co. £23.19.7 School Books 5/. a pair of Shoes for his Man 4/6
9. 6
 &  23.19. 7

To two Saines for Fishing at your Plantations

28. 5. 4

   To Joseph Valentine for Sundrys allowed him at Settlement Vizt Paid Roger Tandy’s Wages £40. Benja. Piggots £8 Lewis Smith £5 for James ⟨Mercies⟩ share of Corn £8.16.10½ for David Goddens ditto £7.4. for Wm B⟨ates⟩ ditto £6 Doctr Amsons Acct £1.1.6 Doctr Jas Carters £18.13.10. Doctr Wm Carter 13s. Mr [Andrew] Franks

      £1.2.6. The Smiths £3.9.3¾. The Taylors 19/2. The Midwife 10/ for bringing things over the Bay 20s. for 2 pr Wool Cards 5s. for 2 horse Collars 2/6 for fixing the Seines 3/9. for a Barrel of Tar 12/6. for the Poll and Land Tax to the Sheriff of York £9.6.8½
113.  . 7 3/4

To Law Charges for one half of £5 and 2/3 of £187.9. paid Mr Mercer pr Acct
127. 9. 4

April [1761]

To Balle now due to John Parke Custis besides 1/3 of 51 hhds Tobo Contra

1456.19. 5 5/12

1026.13. 8 3/4
  £1609.17.11 5/12

Contra

Cr.

1759 Oct.

Currt Money
Sterling

s. d.
s. d.

By Balle of your Acct then settled

£1046.13.10 1/2

By an allowance on damaged Linnen

£15.11. 7 1/2

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

Pork 12036 lib.
£110. 7.9

Wheat 53½ bushls
11. 7.4 1/2

Corn 30½ Barrels
17.  .

Sheep 12 & 5

Lambs
9.14.6

A Horse
21.10.

Wool 48 lib.
2. 2.

Hair
1. 7.6

For haling the Sein
3.  .
176. 9. 1 1/2

   Rents for 1758 of Saml Hollars £30.7.6 Jas Yates £5 Rent of a Field 30s.
£ 37. 7.6

for 1759 of John

Warrington £20

John Rispass £12

Thos Wethers £10

Geo. Chaplain £10

Peter Scott £10

Emery Hughs £8.

James Yates £5

John Ashwell £5.

Thos Wilkens £5

Abraham Cole

£4 and George

Jones £3
  92.
129. 7. 6

1761 Apl

By 720 Bushels of Oats at 10d.

30.

By Joseph Valentine for Sundrys accounted for as disposd of by him Viz.

Pork 8544 lib.
£ 72.17.9 1/2

Beeves
62. 2.

⟨butter⟩ 437½ lib.
20. 9.4 1/2

⟨illegible⟩ 253 1/2

Bushels
55.19.9

⟨illegible⟩ Meal 54

Bushels
5. 8.

⟨illegible⟩ 28 lib.
.17.6.

⟨illegible⟩ 2 & 1

Lamb
1.10.

leather 2 hides 12s.

a skin 2.6. a pr of

Shoes 5s.
.19.6.

⟨illegible⟩ Chests
3.  .

pd James Biggs for

Sundries he sold

on the E. Shore
£  7.11.9 1/2
230.15. 8 1/2

   Rents for 1760 ⟨illegible Jones⟩ £3 Abra. Cole £4  Peter Scott £10. Jno. ⟨Warrington⟩ [George] Chaplin £5 for

Smiths Island £12
£ 54.  .

for 1761 ⟨illegible⟩
£  5.  .
59.  .

By one third of the ⟨Balle illegible⟩ settled

92. 6. 9 5/12
&   563. 4. 0 11/12

By one third of 51 hhds Tobo ⟨illegible⟩ for

By Balle now due from Jno.

Parke ⟨Custis illegible Washing⟩ton

293. 2.11 10/12

£1026.13. 8 3/4
£1609.17.11 5/12


Title: IV-C. Martha Parke Custis’s Estate Account, c.November 1761
From: Washington, George
To:

[c.November 1761]

Miss Martha Parke Custis

Dr

[Current]

[Sterling]

1760

   To Sundrys for her own use Vizt. Shipped by the Capt. El⟨zey⟩ £30.6 paid the mantuamaker 23/ ⟨illegible⟩ Cambrick 5/ Toys 3/ ⟨illegible⟩ 3 prs of Stocking 4/6 Callico for a G⟨own illegible⟩ yds ⟨illegible⟩ bag holland 10/ 4 yds Irish Linnen 36/ ⟨illegible⟩ making a pair of Silk Do 3/9 ⟨illegible⟩
£ 7. 4.11
&
30. 6.

1761

   To Ditto vizt knitting a pr of Silk Stockings 4/. School Books 7/8
.11. 8

To Law Charges for one half of £5 and ⟨one [sixth] of⟩ £187.9 paid Mr Mercer by Acct
33.14.10

April

To Balle now due exclusive of the third of 51 hhds Tobo ⟨e⟩ Contra wch Colo. Washington agrees to Assign Bonds and £1650 Bank Stock for
 7880.17. 8 5/12
&
 2228. 5.8

£7922. 9. 1 5/12

£2258.11.8

         Contra
         Cr.

1759 Octr

By Balle of your Acct ⟨then settled⟩ and approvd of by the General Court
£7426.17.11
&
£1599. 8.3 1/2

1761 Apl

By one third of the Balle ⟨illegible⟩ settled
92. 6. 9 5/12
&
563. 4.  11/12

By interest Settled to ⟨illegible⟩ Sterlg at 5 & 4 prCt
403. 4. 5

95.19.3 7/12

By one third of 51 hhds ⟨illegible⟩

£7922. 9. 1 5/12
&
 2258.11.8


Title: IV-D. Custis Estate Account in Ledger A, August 1759–October 1760
From: Washington, George
To:

[August 1759–October 1760]

Contra       Cr

1759
By Cash at Sundry times as pr acct
£1397.14.10

Augt
By a Sett of Excha: drawn by Jas Corbet on Mesrs James & Robt Berrie Merchs.

         Glasgow for Sterling—
         £40. 9.

         35 prCt Excha.
         £14. 3.2

         Cury
         £54.12.2

54.12. 2

By a sett of Excha: of my drawing on Messrs Capel and Osgood Hanbury for £99.00.0 Sterlg payable to Messrs Champe & Hunter Virga & dated 10th Septr 1759

By another sett of Excha. drawn by me on the same Merchants payable to R. Washington £50 Sterlg dated 20th Septr 1759.

By 567 Bushels of Oats from the Eastn Shore

Novr 8
By Intt on Francis Foster’s Bond
25. 0. 0

By Benja. Hubbard & Jno. Robinson Esqrs. Bd £350

By 6 Months Intt on Ditto [£]8.15
£358.15. 0

27
By Cash of Mr Jos: Valentine
110. 0. 0

Decr 2
By Ditto recd of Mr [William] Holt for Linnen damag’d by Captn [Thomas] Hooper
15.11. 7 1/2

1760

Apr 25
By Cash of Colo. Eyres pr Accts for Corn
76.13. 7 1/2

26
By Captn Joseph Moreton’s Bond taken in
300. 0. 0

Intt thereon to the date
16.11. 3

By Interest of Mrs McKenzies Bond one Year
10.16. 0

By Cash of Josh Valentine (being amt of the Sales in Williamsburg after deducting 20/ for cryer
57. 9. 2

28
By Mr B. Pendleton’s Bond & Interest
209.14. 5

By Intt of Mr Claibornes Bond one Year
14. 0. 0

By one Years Interest of Colo. Bassetts Bond
105. 0. 0

May 30
By one Years Interest of William Dandridges do
22. 0. 5

By Balle of the Revd Mr Mossums Acct
0. 2. 6

Oct. 2
By a Sett of Excha. drawn by me on Robt Cary Esqr. & Company in favr of Mr G. Brent for £200 Sterg.


Title: Appendix A. Account of Items Reserved for the Estate, 1759
From: Unknown
To:

[1759]

Things reserved for the Use of the Estate & not sold

No.

1.
An Anchor
£ 1. 2.

5.
An Applemill
1. 8.

4.
4 Pots & Pothooks
2.  .

6.
Augers Coopers & other Axes Millpecks &c.
5.  .

7.
1 Do & a Collar & hames
. 1. 6

8.
76 Awlblades
. 1. 8

9.
16 Axes & hoes
19.  .

17.
2 Barrels 1 Corn Crib & old hogsheads
1. 3.

18.
Old Do & a half bushel
. 2.

27.
A large Flat with Anchor &c.
25.  .

28.
A horse Boat & Canoe
6.10.

29.
A small Boat
1. 5.

30.
Colo. Custis’s books (18/6)
4.  .

31.
His Fathers books
25.  .

33.
Boxes & old Trunks
1.  .

42 &c.
Butterpots 1 Search & Spinningwheel
2. 3.

53 &c.
Cows yokes & Chains
25. 2. 6

61 &c.
Cyder Casks 7½ yds Kersey &c.
12.12.

66.
3 Centerbits 14 files 1 Gouge 1 pr marking Irons &c.
. 8.

82.
1 pr Canhooks & 19 Whetstones
. 6.

88 &c.
Chests & Trunks
2. 4. 2

91.
   21 Chisels 12 Gimlets 6 pr sheep sheers
1. 8.

93.
A Cistern for meat & a Jarr
.10.

98.
A large Copper kettle & 1 Iron pot
10.  .

99.
An old Copper [Kettle]
.12.

105.
510 yds Cotton
51.  .

112.
1 Currycomb 1 pr Iron Spancels 3 Wedges
.10.

115.
2 Currying knives & 1 fleshing knife
1.10.

127 &8.
2 Dog collars 1 Coopers Compass & 2 drawing knives
. 7.

132.
15½ yds Duffell & 7½ yds Kersey
4.19. 6

133.
8 Dutch blankets & 9 hats
4. 3.

134.
3 ps. Dutch blanketting
18.  .

135.
Earthenware & a parcel of Rope
6.  .

139.
24 whipsaw files & 11 plane Irons
1. 4.

140.
68 files of different Sorts
2.  .

143.
49 yds flannel
4. 1. 8

157.
5 Grindstones
2.16. 6

163.
75 lb. Gunpowder & 1 C 3 qrs Shot
8.18.

169.
A handmill
1.  .

170.
33 hasps & Staples & 16 whetstones
. 7. 4

172.3.
   3 hatchets 10 Ironscrews 2 pr nippers 4 taper bits
.10. 8

174.
30 mens hats
3.16.

178.9.
5 hides 5 hhds 5 sieves & Lumber
1.12. 6

180.
   6 pr x garnets 1 doz. Sickles 11 Spades
4.  .

181 &c.
145 Hoes
21. 6. 2

197.
A set of hoops for Cartwheels
.12.

210.
4 Iron Pots & 2 pr hooks
1.10.

215.
50 yds Kersey
8. 7. 6

217.
396 lib. Lead
3. 5. 8

219.20.
215 Sides & 46 Skins of Leather
51. 9.

238.40.
   1 gallon pot 2 measures 2 Riddles 2 Shovels
1. 7.

242.3.
Medicines
10.  .

245.6.7.
4 pr hand millstones & 1 peck
6. 2. 6

248 &c.
106 milkpans & a parcel
3. 4. 6

253.4.5.
Nails 8 barrels &c.
80.11.

257.
Old hoes Axes boxes hoops &c.
4.  .

261.
A parcel of old Iron & old harrows
2.  .

262.3.
9 ps. of 350 Ells Ozenbrigs
74. 7. 6

265.6.
Pails Piggins & Tubs
.12.

275.
177 pr plaid hose & 1 pr Shoes
11. 4. 3

276.
75 yds Plains
10.  .

280.
Plate
187.  . 6

284.
4 Plows
.14.

287.8.
40 ps. of Rolls & wrappers
55.10.

293.4.5.
Saines
31.  .

297.9.
   4 whipsaws 2 x cut 1 handsaw
3. 7. 6

300.
1 Sawwrest
. 1. 3

301.2.3.
Salt
11. 5. 6

306.
6 Scythes & furniture
2.  .

310[–313].
52 pr Shoes & Pumps
11.19. 6

314.
A parcel of Shoethread
1.  .

324.
21 course Sifters
1. 6. 3

326.7.
2 wire Seives & 1 wheat Do
.10.

334.
1 old Spade
. 1.

339.
22 Staples
. 3.

341.2.3.4.
4 pr Stillyards
1.16.

364.
Tar & Tar barrels
.15.

369.
Thread
7.  .

372.4.
Tradesmens & Carpenters Tools
17.10.

375.2
Trowels
. 4.

384.
17 lb. Twine
.17.

386.
36 yds Virginia Cloth
1.16.

390 &c.
20 Wedges
1.17. 6

£892. 8. 1

Charge the Estate with
 370. 4. 3

young Mr Custis with the balle
522. 3.10

Plate already charged
 187.  . 6

to be yet chargd
£335. 3. 4