Title: To George Washington from William Crawford, 2 August 1771
From: Crawford, William
To: Washington, George

Sir
Stewart Crossing [Pa.] Augt 2d 1771

I have done nothing with Colo. Crohon in regard to the Land you want of him as yeat, as I cold see none of his Land in his Line now run that will answear to be Laid of as he wants it Laid of—I have found som at about 15 or 16 mils distance from Fort pitt which is very good farming Land and good Medow Land as any, the up Land Level or no more hilly in common to Lay the ground dry The Tract is Like Gist and full as good as his Land and as Level The Draft of which I shall show you when I com Down. I do not now wheather Croghan will take this in his Line or not, he is to have a Tract Laid of by his Survayor for you on Mingo Creek which is good Land but I donot no as yeat what Quantity there will be as it is not done but is to be done and I am to bring for your Porusel the Draft when I com Down—it is to be as Large as the good Land will admit of Any how in a square which is the way he will have his Land run out I shall Close nothing any how with him till I see you which will be as soon as posable I can get my bissness don up the river but I dout much runing any Land on Tigers Valey as people in general is very contentiou⟨s⟩ for want of the Law properly Astablished amongst them but if Posably to be don I will do it.
I have run out the difrent tracts of Land Discribed in your memorandum betwen the Litle Canaway and the big Canaway and that Tract above the Captining or opposit to Pipe Creek, it is not Large I have [not] maid out the Draft yeat nor shall I do any till I com Down to your house I saw a Letter from Mr Tilghman in regard to Colo. Croghan, and he says Croghan has no right to any Land as yeat nor can not tell weather he ever will have any from the Crown, he claims it from an Endien Deed, and is making out patints to Such as will by of him, but Mr Tilghman says in his Letter Those persons Should ask themselves how they would com by there mony a gain if in a few years this title should be fo[u]nd not good.
I am to vew his Land on Mingo Creek again before I com Down and if it should not be his Land, it may be you can make it your Own Land hereafter.
I have nothing Metiral more of Let you now that I can think of but I am with respect your most Hume Sarvant

Wm Crawford

N.B. Mingo Craik Emtys into monongahalia above the mouth of Yochagania and the Land is near the head it is a small Creek.


Title: To George Washington from Joseph Valentine, 2 August 1771
From: Valentine, Joseph
To: Washington, George

Sir
yorke august 2d 1771

I am Sorrey to give you Sutch an acount of our Crops ass I am obligd to do I thought when you Left Williams Burg we had the ⟨best⟩ prospect of a Crop we have had for Several years But Sutch heavy Rains we have had every day for 4 or 5 days to geather sence it has Ruend a great deel of our tobaco their is not one of our plantation in yorke But has got sum tobaco drownded and in tirely spoilt and the Rest very ⟨mutch hu⟩rt By the wet that ass was forrod ⟨mutilated away ass⟩ fast ass it Can I am obligd to Cut it down though ⟨mutilated⟩ good ass it wod have Ben if the weather ⟨had ben favourable⟩ our Corn is very good and not hurt yet if it ⟨pleases⟩ god to Send moderate weather I hope to make a tolerable Crop of tobo in yorke yet the plantations in New Kent has all sufferd By the wet their tobaco a good deel of it drounded and very mutch hurt the Low grounds ⟨mutilated⟩ old Quarter is intirely drounded the tobaco and Sum of the Corn that ⟨growing⟩ them places that flatt stiff ground that ⟨lyes near⟩ the Crabapple orcherd at Rockahock the tobaco is very mutch hurt and sum drounded at the Brick house the ⟨land⟩ being hilley it shed the water off their ⟨Crop it not mutilated⟩ hurt their and it is the same at harlors.
at your King Wm plantation they have Ben over done with the ⟨wet deavenport has got four⟩ thousand plants of tobo drounded ⟨mutilated⟩ good deel more over done by the Ranes if the weather ⟨had⟩ ben suteable he wod have had the greatest Crop of tobo he Ever has had Sence he has Ben on that place

and if the weather is suteable for him he will make more then he has done any year sence he has Ben their his Corn is Very good and is very Clean and in good order—have no more to add at present Sir But will in form you in a short time how our Crops are like to turnout and Remain Sir your most humble sert

Jos. Valentine


Title: From George Washington to Robert Cary & Company, 12 August 1771
From: Washington, George
To: Robert Cary & Company

Gentn
Mount Vernon 12th August 1771

On the 20th Ulto I wrote you fully, and Inclosed Invoices of such Goods as Mr, Miss Custis, and myself wanted; since then I have recollected some Articles which were omitted, and which I now beg may be added, and forwarded with the other Goods.
Holsters, or Covers for a pair of Pistols (about 12 Inches long streight Measure, which I have by me) to fit the Saddle order’d in my last for GW—this to be in the newest Taste & handsome
The like for Mr Custis’s Sadle with a handsome pr of Pistols to Suit Ditto
A Fashe and handsome small Sword wt. Belt Swivels &ca complt. for Ditto
A Neat Sword Belt with Swivels &ca for GW
3 fashe Watch Keyes—size of the Inclosd
6 More Horse Collars than were wrote for in my last
8 Housings for Waggon Harness
100 Weight of Allum
And, which is an Article of more consequence than all the rest to me and the principal end of my writing to you at this time, a pair of French Burr Millstones of John Cooper agreeable to the Inclosed Letter of Daniel Williams’s and the Memm of William Robert my Miller thereon. I must through you request this Cooper to be very particular in his choice of the Stone that the whole may be of a good and even quality—I should not Incline to give any extravagent Sum for them on the one hand nor miss of getting a pair of good ones by limiting the price on the other;

and therefore leave it to you to consult with the Sellar on a price that a good pair can be bought for—It will be unnecessary to add that the sooner these can be sent to me the better; Williams’s Letter (which I send in hopes of Stimulating Cooper to a good choice) will shew that I have been disappointed in my first attempt and consequently must require them as soon as you can get them forwarded which I hope will be along with my Goods. I remain Gentn Yr Most Hble Servt

Go: Washington


Title: To George Washington from George Croghan, 18 August 1771
From: Croghan, George
To: Washington, George

Dear Sir
Fort pitt [Pa.] Augst 18th 1771

I Should have Wrote you long ago in answer to yrs of 24th Nobr butt the Spring Turnd out Such Wether as prevented My Survair from Runing the out Lines of My Grant, or Capt. Crafferds Reconeterg however this Sumer I have had that Don & the Whole Layd of in Townships.
I Now Inclose you a Draft of one Near the Monohongala Capt. Crafferd has been Cheeffly over the whole & Tells Me he Knows the Land well So that I Shall Say Nothing About the quality Butt Refer you to him, if Like the Tract you Shall have itt att five pounds Sterling ⅌ hundred Subject to the Kings Qutrents only as I promisd you when hear.
My last Leters from England was the 5th of June wh. Leves No Doubt butt the New Charter Government wold be Confirmd, in Some Days after.
By My Leters it apears that Nothing Retarded that Mater but the Diferancess att home between the parlament & City of London, as I hourly Expect Capt. Trent he haveing Determind to Sail in the July packett, on his A Riveal I Shall Know whether I

yett Stand a Shair in the New Colony or Nott, and Shall Write you on that Subject, if I Stand a Shair I will Make you a preposial.
If itt be in My power to Serve Capt. Crafferd in the New Colony you May be ashurd I will and am prety Certian there will be a Number of persons Wanting. I am Sir with Great Respect your Most Humble Servant

Geo: Croghan


Title: To George Washington from Joseph Valentine, 24 August 1771
From: Valentine, Joseph
To: Washington, George

Sir
august 24th 1771

The last time I Rote to you I acquainted you with the misfortain of our Crops Being drounded & overdone with the wet and now it is ass Bad the other way we have had no Rain Sence to do any Service to the Corn or tobaco & it Burns up for being over done with the wet be fore it Cannot stand the drouth now the Corn Cannot Shoot out nor fill the tobaco the Roots of it was so mutch Sobd and over done with the Rain be fore that the drouth

Burns it up at the Bottom & fires at sutch a Rate that I Can Scarsly tel what to do with it and more particular on the Leaval Stiff Land wheare the foundation would not let the water sink from it for sum time it is not Quite so bad on the light or hilley Land. if providence pleases to Send us a good Rain in a little time I hope it will make a great alteration in our Crops for the Better. Sir the young negro fellow will Shag who formerly lived at old Quarter and ass he was allways Runaway I movd him down heir to settle theis places and thought he might do better but he Runaway Sum time in June went to yorke and past for a free man By the name of will Jones but at last was taken up and put in prison and sent a Letter up to me & I was up at the Quarters in new Kent at the same time & the over Seer went down for him and Brout him up to the plantation and then will Beat him and got away & he Cant be got Sence I have heard he has Ben seen on his way Coming up to you and ass their is a good many of his acQuaintence their he may Be harbard and no white person no of it he is advertizd and out Lawd he went away for no provication in the world but So lazey he will not worke and a greater Roge is not to be foun. no more to add but Remain Sir your most hble sert

Joseph Valentine


Title: Cash Accounts, September 1771
From: Washington, George
To:

[September 1771]

Cash

Sep: 4—
To 2 Bushels of Rye
£ 0. 6. 0

To Cards
0.10. 0

5—
To Ferriages
0.12. 6

9—
To Ditto
0.10. 6

To Weaving of Captn [Sampson] Darrell
0. 8. 6

15—
To Cash receivd of Mr Rigd Graham
12.12.10

To Cash recd of Colo. Andw Lewis on Acct of the Officers & Soldiers Land
15.15. 0

16—
To Ferriages
1. 2. 6

18—
To Cash recd of Richd Lee Esqr. for the use of Mr Saml Washington
32. 5. 0

19—
To Cash of James Cleveland 100 Dollars
30. 0. 0

Contra

4—
By Thos Bishops Wife laying Moll
0.10. 0

8—
By Mr Saml Washington pr Vale Crawford
109.11. 3

9—
By Miss M. Parke Custis
2. 2. 3

10—
By William Roberts
0.12. 0

By Exps. to Fredericksburg & back
0.11. 6

By a dark bay Mare bot of—Pattie
8. 0. 0

By Cards
2. 1. 3

12—
By a pair of Boots for Will
1.11. 6

14—
By Cash lent my Mother
4.12. 6

By mending an Earing
0. 1. 3

16—
By Jonathan Palmer
6. 0. 0

By Benja. Buckler
1.10. 0

18—
By Mr Pierce Bayly 8/3. also 30/ for 214 lbs. Tobo
1.18. 3

By Cash pd Jno. Hite on acct of Lawe Harrison’s ordr in favr Jacob Hite
32. 5. 0

By Mr Saml Washington pr Vale Crawford
32. 5. 0

19—
By 50 panes Window Glass 8 by 10
1. 9. 0

By Doctr [David] Ross pr Rect for Iron
23. 1. 2

By Expences to and from Annapolis
2.16. 9

23—
By Jno. Parke Custis at the Annapolis Races
8. 0. 0

By a pr of Shoes for my Servant
0. 8. 0

By a Velvet Cap for Ditto
1. 4. 0

By Cards different times
13. 4. 3

By Play Tickets at Do
3. 0. 0

By Ball Ditto Do
0.18. 0


Title: From George Washington to Margaret Savage, 5 September 1771
From: Washington, George
To: Savage, Margaret

Madam,
Mount Vernon 5th Septembr 1771.

As I have some suspicion that my letters do not get to hand with the regularity they ought, I shall enclose you a copy of my last, since which, about the middle of June I was favour’d with yours, of the 10th Decr informing me of your third power of Attorney to Mr Piper which I wish had come to hand about two months sooner as your second power, to Mr Montgomerie, revok’d the first to Colo. Mason, & reduced Mr Fairfax & myself to our usual perplexity of not knowing how to act under such duplicit conduct, it being unnecessary to attempt the recovery of money from a person into whose hands it was immediately to be paid.
For sometime, indeed for many months, we evaded a meeting with Mr Montgomerie, & tho’ we could not absolutely refuse a settlement with him, we endeavour’d, & did delay it till the middle of April, when his importunity was no longer to be withstood; we were then obliged to give the Bond a discharge for the Annuity due thereon till the January preceeding; after Mr Montgomerie had promis’d that he would remit the money into your own hands, which by the bye, was a promise we had no right to insist upon, & how far he is obliged to perform it under the power by which he acts, I cannot take upon me to determine; but this I can say, that if you will adhere to your last appointment of Mr Piper (who is willing to act) it will then be in the power of the Trustees to serve you; as they can, at the

expiration of every year, demand payment of the Annuity; and in case of refusal or delay commence Suit immediately; by which means, tho’ you may be kept a while out of the first sum, the rest will come in tolerably regularly afterwards; & I do in behalf of Mr Fairfax & myself beseech you to be steady, & no longer suffer the conflict between Love & Interest (which has been the source of your own disquietudes & our perplexities) to sway you any longer—you certainly must by this time, know the ultimatum of your dependance upon the Doctors affection & support; and as to his threats, and dreadful denunciations, if you are seperated from him, what have you to fear from them? A steady & resolute behaviour on your part will soon put an end to his persecution & relieve you from every apprehension of abuse; & though it is far, very far from me, to foment differences, or to instigate a separation of Man & wife, yet under the circumstances you describe yourself to labour, it is highly eligable, & much to be wished.
I have nothing more to add at present, but my best wishes, in which Mrs Washington joins, & that I am Madam Your Most Obt hble Servt

G: Washington


Title: To George Washington from James Mercer, 6 September 1771
From: Mercer, James
To: Washington, George

Dear Sir
St James’s 6th Sept: 1771

The attachment of which you inclosed one Copy, is for not answering—it has issued not through any default of any of your officers, but for want of an answer for three months after appearance, this I understand Mr Pendleton entered for you last June Rules, not thinking it material to wait for your being summoned, it being unnecessary as you was advised of the renewal of the Suit—the consequence of this attachment, is, that the Bill may on motion the next Court be taken for ⟨confessed⟩, and the matter thereof decreed unless an Answer shall be filed by the April Court—from this you will discover, that at the worst, it will be full early for you to do any thing in this Affair when you come to the next general Court, in the mean time (next tuesday) I shall advise Mr Pendleton of the attachment being executed, that he may prepare your Answer in time.
I am now to acknowledge the receit of a former favour of yours relating to giving Security for the Interest due on my late Father’s Bond to Miss Custis—I am now fully invested with authordy to make any Ingagement on the Estate & will by mortgage of Negroes give you ample Security—as also my own Bond as a collateral Security—this I hope will be satisfactory to you—it will really be very sufficient or I wou’d not offer it, and it is all in my power as I can’t ask any person to become Security for such a Sum—I am informed by means deserving of Credit, that my Brother will be here this Month, shou’d it be so, I can promise you his Bond & mine if more acceptable than the mortgage on Slaves—besides I can assure you truly that my Father’s Estate is abundantly sufficient to pay every debt, indeed I hope to do so, without selling any thing except perishable Articles, and you may depend on this Debt not being increased, as I shall annually in April or June pay you the Interest on the first & any other Bond you may take—It but remains to return my sincere thanks for the Indulgence my Father & his little Family have met with on this occasion, assuring you I shall ever be mindfull of it & embrace every opportunity to convince you I am Dear Sir Yr most obliged & very humble Servt

Js Mercer


Title: To George Washington from Robert Cary & Co., 12 September 1771 [letter not found]
From: Robert Cary & Company
To: Washington, George

Letter not found: from Robert Cary & Co., 12 Sept. 1771. On 20 Feb. 1772 GW wrote them: “I have been impatiently waiting for my Goods, being much in want of the Millstones, having heard nothing from you in respect to them since the 12th of Septr.”


Title: Cash Accounts, October 1771
From: Washington, George
To:

[October 1771]

Cash

[Octr] 5—
To Ditto [cash] of Captn McCarty
£ 25.19.4

9—
To 60 Barrls of Indn Corn @ 12/6
37.10.0

To 3 Barrls of Fish @ 20/
3. 0.0

20—
To Cash of Mr Robt Adam & Co. pr Jas Adam
41. 0.6

21—
To Ditto of Ditto pr Mr Ross
100. 0.0

To Cash Won at Cards
11. 0.0

To Ditto recd from Colo. Mason for Shingles for the New Church
19. 5.0

Contra

2—
By Con McCarty
3. 0.0

5—
By Captn McCarty for Sundries bot at Poseys
4. 6.0

7—
By James Boyd
0.15.0

8—
By William Skilling sinkg a Well in my dry Well
0. 7.6

9—
By 484½ Bushels of Large Salt @ 17d.
34. 6.4

By 211 Bushels of Oyster Shells @ 20/
2. 2.0

By Thos Bishop’s Wife Laying Betty
0.10.0

By 1838 feet Inch pine Plank @ 6/
5.10.3

By 661 feet Inch & ¼ Do @ 7/6
2. 9.0

11—
By Captn [Thomas] Hanson Marshall pr Mr [James] Kirk
2. 3.6

14—
By Dominicus Gubner
1.10.0

By Chrr Shade
0. 5.0

19—
By Jno. Alton
7. 0.0

By Thomas Bayliss on Acct B. Buckler
1. 8.3

21—
By Mr Ross on acct of Edd Snicker’s Order
18. 0.0

By Dominicus Gubner
6. 0.0

By Jonathan Palmer
7. 0.0

By Ann Mitchell
0.12.0

22—
By Captn Crawford on acct of the Offr & Soldr
41.14.4

By Ditto on my own Acct 5 half Joes
11.10.0

By Expences in travelling to & from Wmsburg
4.17.8

By a Portmanteau of Mr Ward
1.13.0

By George & Chas Lewis gave them
1. 6.0

By Sundry Play Tickets whilst in Wmsburg
4. 1.0

By Colo. Theo: Bland Recording a Deed
0.15.0

26—
By Mr Jno. Washington recd of Colo. Mason
19. 4.0

31—
By a hair Bag 5/—& hair Powder 2/
0. 7.0

By drawing Wills Tooth
0. 2.0


Title: To George Washington from Joseph Valentine, 4 October 1771
From: Valentine, Joseph
To: Washington, George

Sir
October ⟨4⟩th 1771

⟨The⟩ Reason of ⟨my⟩ not getting your Letter ⟨mutilated⟩ is I had not Ben to william⟨sburg mutilated⟩ and the ⟨le⟩tters Lay ⟨mutilated⟩ and I ⟨new⟩ nothing ⟨mutilated⟩ tel the ⟨mutilated⟩ I ⟨mutilated⟩ to ⟨pay mutilated in⟩ the post ⟨mutilated⟩ I got them Boath and the next day ⟨mutilated⟩an up to Fredericks Burg for to fetch ⟨mutilated⟩ and he went By B⟨la⟩ck Creek Quarters and stade their that night and was in formd by Sum of the young negro⟨s⟩ that they saw will at Bakers Quarter that day the oversers got togeather and went in sarch for him and found him ⟨a⟩sleep in the wods they took him ⟨in⟩ the wa⟨gon⟩ Brought to ⟨mutilated⟩ tuesday and I have him now ⟨Confined he said⟩ he Broak prison ⟨about mutilated days ago⟩ I shall ⟨try⟩ to get ⟨mutilated⟩ of ⟨the mutilated⟩ him to the w⟨mutilated⟩ for ⟨mutilated⟩ he will never do any one mutch good ⟨here mutilated⟩ I will take great Care of the Crabapples and make the Best I Can of them and do ⟨my⟩ utmost to get all the money ⟨mutilated⟩ for you. ⟨I⟩ Remain sir your most hble sert

Jos. Valentine


Title: To George Washington from Thomas Hanson Marshall, 11 October 1771 [letter not found]
From: Marshall, Thomas Hanson
To: Washington, George

Letter not found: from Thomas Hanson Marshall, 11 Oct. 1771. The draft of GW’s letter to Thomas Hanson Marshall of 9 Mar. 1770 is docketed by GW: “To Captn T: H: Marshall 9 & 16 of March 1770 & 11th Octobr 1771.”


Title: From George Washington to George Croghan, 21 October 1771
From: Washington, George
To: Croghan, George

Dear Sir,
Mount Vernon October 21st 1771.

Your favour of the 18th of August, never came to my hands till about the middle of this month. In answer to it, I shall beg leave to observe that, the Township contain’d in the Plat you sent me, includes more Land than I shou’d choose, or that would be convenient for me to purchase; and I suppose by your laying the Grant off in that manner, and offering me a Lott, instead of 15,000 acres which I proposed to buy, that you do not incline to sell less in a parcel, for which reason I must decline the purchase altogether, unless I can get some person to join me, and at present I know of none that chooses to be concerned; but as I am going to Williamsburg in a few days, it is possible I may meet with some Gentlemen there who may incline to engage in this Scheme, in which case, I will write to you by the first opportunity after my return, and let you know more of my Sentiments on the subject of your offer, than at present I am able to do; in the mean while I have only to request that you may not disappoint yourself of a Bargain on my account.
I am much obliged to you for your kind assurances in favour of Captn Crawford, & shall add nothing more at present than that I am with very great esteem Dr Sir Your mo: Obt hble Servt

G: Washington


Title: Editorial Note
From:
To:

After GW in December 1769 secured from Governor Botetourt and the Virginia council authorization to survey, in no more than twenty parcels, 200,000 acres in the Ohio Valley for the officers and soldiers of the Virginia Regiment of 1754, he and the officers met in Fredericksburg in August 1770 to decide how they should proceed. It was agreed that GW should accompany their surveyor, William Crawford, to the Great Kanawha River and search out eligible tracts of land. See GW to Botetourt, 8 Dec. 1769, and notes; Petition to Botetourt, 15 Dec. 1769, which includes in note 1 the minutes of the Virginia council for that date; and Advertisement, 16 Dec. 1769, n.1. GW went down the Ohio with Crawford in the fall of 1770 (see DiariesDonald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig, eds. The Diaries of George Washington. 6 vols. Charlottesville, Va., 1976–79., 2:276–328), and on his return he called a second meeting of the officers, which was held at Winchester in early March 1771. The officers decided that Crawford should proceed with the surveying (Minutes of the Meeting of the Officers of the Virginia Regiment of 1754, 5 Mar. 1771), and in June 1771 Crawford made ten surveys for the regiment on the Little and Great Kanawha rivers, covering 61,796 acres. Crawford was at Mount Vernon from 10 to 22 Oct. 1771, when he and GW drafted from his field notes surveys of the ten tracts. GW left for Williamsburg on 23 Oct. to ask the governor and council to alter the terms of their 200,000-acre grant to the Virginia Regiment (DiariesDonald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig, eds. The Diaries of George Washington. 6 vols. Charlottesville, Va., 1976–79., 3:61–63). On 4 Nov. GW presented a memorial on behalf of the regiment asking that the limit of twenty surveys be removed from the grant of December 1769, leaving it to the individual officer or soldier to locate and have surveyed the portion of 200,000 acres to which he was entitled. GW also asked that those who had paid for Crawford’s surveying be allowed to apportion among themselves the unallotted 61,796 acres that Crawford had surveyed. On 6 Nov. the council informed GW that it

would not remove the limit of twenty on the number of surveys, and then it set out what acreage men of each rank should receive (doc. II). No copy of the petition, or memorial, of 4 Nov. 1771 that GW gave to the council has been found, and so it is not known exactly what form the petition took. Printed here as doc. I is GW’s revised version of a memorial followed by GW’s revised version of another memorial drawn up by James Mercer. One follows the other in the manuscript as they do here. Because GW’s two memorials overlap at some points and are contradictory at others, GW certainly did not present both. On the other hand, since the words of the council in its minutes of 6 Nov. are responsive to particular portions of each memorial, GW could not have presented only one or the other. It is likely, therefore, that the petition that GW did present was a blending of the two drafts printed here. James Mercer’s draft from which GW constructed his second draft may be found in the Bushrod Washington Papers in the Library of Congress. At the end of the manuscript, Mercer wrote and signed this notation: “I mean this to begin at Figure 1. in the first Page & from thence to the end—But the whole or part be received or rejected by Colo. Washington as to him shall seem Right.” “Figure 1” may have been placed at some point in a memorial drafted by GW which perhaps Mercer had before him. Doc. II includes the minutes of the council for 4 and 6 Nov. in which is recorded the council’s reception of GW’s petition and the actions it took regarding the petition.


Title: Document I, 1–4 November 1771
From: Washington, George,Mercer, James
To: Governor and Council

[c.1–4 November 1771]

To His Excellency the Right Honble John Earl of Dunmore his Majestys Lieutt & Governor General of the Colony and Dominion of Virginia and vice Admiral of the same and to the Honble the Council—The Memorial of George Washington, Colo. of the first Virginia Regiment in behalf of himself and others Most humbly Sheweth
That it being judg’d proper to raise Troops, and erect a Fort at the Confluence of the Rivers Ohio & Monongahela, the Lieutent Governor of Virginia the Honble Robert Dinwiddie Esqr. with the advice and consent of the Council, considering the numberless hardships that must attend Warfare in an uninhabited and Mountainous Country, so remote from the necessary

Supplies an Army required (which w⟨ould⟩ unavoidably subject the Officers to a very considerable expence in the Article of Carriage only) and also to engage on such an emergency Soldiers more chearfully to enlist; on the 19th day of Feby 1754 did Issue a Proclamation whereby, over and above their pay 200,000 Acs. of Land on the East side of the River Ohio (One hundd thousand of which to be contiguous to the Fort now called Fort Pitt, and the other 100,000 to be on, or near the River Ohio) Were promised to be allotted to the Officers & Soldiers who should then enter the Service, in proportion to their Rank and Merit; to be laid off & granted to them immediately after the performance of the said intended Service; and to be held and enjoyd by them, without paying any Rights, & also free from the payment of Quitrents for the Term of fifteen years.
That your Memorialists composed a part of the Regimt ⟨then raised⟩ and continued in the Service until the French were entirely dispossed of that Country and presume to say, their behaviour was always approvd of, not only by the General Assembly of this Colony, but by the several General Officer’s of His Majesty’s regular forces under whom they had the honour to serve. notwithstanding they were only provided for from time to time, and no fund established for the Support of the Officers, after their Services ceased to be necessary, though they shall always acknowledge with gratitude the favourable disposition of the Country towards them. This however being a true state of the case and the Compact, under which they Imbarkd, it ⟨remns⟩ further to be added.
That after the Treaty with the Six Nations held at Fort Stanwix in the year 1768 and the entire Cession of the Lands Eastward of the River Ohio to his Majesty by those Tribes of Indians his late Excellency the Right Honble Lord Botetourt in Council was pleased to recognize your Memorialists claim to the said 200,000 Acres of Land, and being fully satisfied of the Equity, & legallity of their Title thereto was pleased by and with the advice and consent of the Council on the 19th day of Decr 1769 to Order and direct that they should have the same laid off to them within the space of five years in any number of Surveys not exceeding 20 which at that time was thought sufficient to comprehend the full qty of such Land as would redound to the Emolument of the Parties; and was pleasd moreover to advise,

as a means of expediting this business, that the President and Masters of the College should be applied to requesting them to Nominate & appoint a particular Surveyor for this purpose; which being accordingly done, and the work undertaken, your Memorialists from experience find, that it is impossible for them from any thing they know, or believe at this time, to get the qty of the 200,000 Acres in three times the number of Surveys abovementioned; without Including so large a proportion of Cragged Hills and inhospitable Vales (such being the Nature of the Lands within the district allowed them to Survey In) as to render the Grant which was intended as a reward for the most laborious, and least desirable Service that any Troops ever engaged In of little or no Value; and many shares, upon division of the Land, most obviously burthensome.
Your Memorialists for this Reason, and to remove some other inconveniences which they shall beg leave to point out Most Humbly Pray,
That your Excellency and Honours will be pleased to take their case into Consideration and instead of confining them to any certain Number of Surveys alott the proportion which ⟨cannot be done⟩ with precission as the respective Claims are given in proportion, which each Claimant according to the Rank he bore, ⟨shall⟩ have, of the 200,000 Acres; and, permit him to locate, and have the same Surveyed in a seperate Tract, allowing him a certain time, and a certain district to do it in, or forfeit his Title—This your Memorialists humbly conceive to be reasonable, and consistent with the original Intention of bestowing a Benefit, and in no wise repugnant to his Majesty’s Interest; as they will then be but upon the same footing in respect to the Location, & Survey, of all other his Majesty’s Subjects & Land Petitioners saving that they have the first choice of the Lands within a certain district for a limited time which, that they may then steer of any actual Settlements—any Surveys—or, as far as possible, of even any Claims by which any Person can be affected; your Memorialists are willing & do accordingly pray that they may be allowed their whole Grant upon the two Kanhawas and Sandy Creek and between the same, the uppermost of which Waters is, by estimation, ⟨illegible⟩ 200 Miles below Fort Pitt, and near as many below the lowermost white Inhabitants now on the Ohio; and consequently, not so valuable, nor contiguous

to Trade, as the Lands about Fort Pitt are, where they are, by Proclamation, entitled to receive one half of their quantity.
As Reasons to move your Excellency and Honours to think favourably of this Petition, your Memorialists beg leave humbly to remark that, they must, in case of being confind to any certain Number of Survey’s, be run to double the expence of other People to obtain these Lands; first by Surveying the whole, and then in Surveying each Man’s distinct part, the expence of doing which, in an uninhabited Country, where every necessary is to be had at a dear rate is very considerable, as some of your Memorialists have already experienced—& will make that which was intended as an Incouragement, & offered as a Bounty come with more difficulty and at great⟨er⟩ expence than any other Individual of the Community is Subject to—Besides, a difficulty arises in respect to the Conveyances; first in what manner, & to whom these large Surveys are to be Granted; & next, how, & where, each Man’s share is to be re-conveyed; the trouble & expence of doing which cannot be trifling: nor is the discontent wch must naturally arise from a division of Land very different in quality (being composed in part of Baron Hills, & rugged Mountains) a matter of Small Moment. By Ballot this division cannot take place because different Ranks will be (it is presumed) entitled to different quantities—By proportioning the good and the Bad it cannot, because that would be a work of almost endless time is next to Impossible—and if done by Seniority the last Servd will be poorly Recompensed for their Toils; Whereas, by permitting each Individual to Locate his own Land; Spots may be found sufficient to answer each Man’s purpose, and a desirable emulation set on foot by which means the Country will be explord and settled and in all human probability our Barier strengthend beyond any thing that otherwise could be hoped for.
For these Reason’s, and many others, which your Excellency & Honours will naturally suggest your Memorialists humbly hope to obtain the Prayer of their Petition and they shall ever pray &ca.

G: Washington

Your Memorialists further beg leave to represent to your Excellency and honours that pursuant to the recommendation

of the Governor and Council application was made to the President and Masters of the College, who chearfully appointed one William Crawford Surveyor, to lay off the Lands in the said order mentioned; and notice being repeatedly advertizd in the Virginia Gazette’s requiring all persons Interested in the said Grant to bring in their respective Claims (which being accordingly done) a few of your Memorialists whose names are hereunto subjoind, finding a backwardness in the rest to engage in a work which was like to be attended with a certain expence & an uncertain Issue and being unwilling on their parts to forego the advantages which the Authority of Government had been pleasd to Invest them wi⟨th⟩ for exploreing & Surveying their Lands did advance the severals Sums anne⟨xd⟩ to their names; and in the course of the last Fall, Spring, & Summer Surveyed  acres of Land in Ten Tracts; which, as they contain the most extensive bodies of Land to be found together in the part of the Country allowd your Memorialists, evinces beyond a possibility of doubt the Impracticability of getting the full quantity of 200,000 Acres in 20 Surveys without Including so many Mountains & barren Hills as to render the intended bounty of Government a heavy & insupportable charge o⟨n⟩ them. Your Memorialists further beg leave to observe that thos⟨e⟩ who have contributed to the expence of these Surveys are the only Persons who will Incur any pecuniary loss in case of a Miscarriage and in the Event of Success, are Subjected, they are advisd to say, to a great and irreperable Inconvenience: For by holding a joint an⟨d⟩ undivided Interest in these Lands they will be deemd Trustees for oth⟨ers⟩ who may at a future, & very late period, demand a portion of these Lands upon reimbursing part of the Original expence, in conseque⟨nce⟩ of which, Such as have devoted their money—their labour—& time are placed upon the same footing as tho⟨se⟩ who are sparing of each & lye by for the ⟨fruits⟩ of the Harvest witht sharing the toil of ⟨it⟩ whilst no Man In the ⟨Interum⟩ can say what part is his or know how, or in what manner either to Improve or dispose of it at the same time that he is subjected to a double expence first in Surveying the whole quantity jointly & then his distinct part seperately.
Your Memorialists therefore, most humbly pray.
That instead of confining them to any certain number of Surveys Your Excellency & honours would be pleasd to ascertain

the quantum off each Man’s share of the 200,000 Acres (according to his Rank which is now to be done with precision & certainty, as the respective Claims are herewith exhibited) and permit him to locate, and have the same Surveyd in a seperate Tract; allowing him a certain time, & the same district of Country to do this in as formerly Granted, or forfeit his Title: This your Memorialists humbly conceive to be reasonable, and in no wise repugnant to his Majesty’s Interest, as they will be then only on the sa⟨me⟩ footing (in respect to the Location & Survey) of all his other Subject⟨ts⟩ & Land Petitioner’s—and lastly your Memorialists whose nam⟨es⟩ are hereunto subjoined beg leave to Submit it to your Excellency and honour’s whether the  Acres of Land which has actually been Surveyed at the⟨ir⟩ Sole cost & charge should not be allotted to them in proportion ⟨to⟩ their respective advances and go in part of the quantity which sho⟨uld⟩ be allowed to their several Ranks—By this means each Man will reap the benefit of his own labour and purse—no person receive any possible Injury—& a desirable Emulation set on foot by which a Territory now barren & uncultivated may soon become a proper Scene for the Imployment of the Industrious Planter to the great Emolument as well of this as the Mother Country by furnishing raw Materials for the Manufacturers thereof.
For these Reasons your Memorialist George Washington for himself and other’s concernd hath taken the liberty to make this application to your Excellency & honours in full confidence of obtaining that redress which this case shall merit—Resting in that assurance I have the honour to be Yr Excellency’s & Yr Honours Most Obedient & very Hble Servt

Go: Washington


Title: To George Washington from Jonathan Boucher, 19 November 1771
From: Boucher, Jonathan
To: Washington, George

Sir
Annapolis, Novr the 19th 1771.

I have seen your Letter to your Son, &, I will own to you, it has given Me a sensible Concern. That my Attention to Him has not lately been so close nor so rigid, as I wish’d, or, as it ought to have been, is a Truth I will not attempt to deny. The Peculiarity of my Circumstances & Situation, as well as of my Temper & Disposition, are All I have to offer in my Excuse, which, however, I do not, myself, think to be sufficient. I know I might have taught Him more than I have, &, sincerely as I wish his Welfare I wish I had; but I know also, that there are not many Masters under whom He would have learn’d more, than He has even under Me. This Business of Education is a complex & extensive Subject: & a man should be well acquainted with it, before He ventures to pronounce how far another has, or has not, done his Duty. Dr Witherspoon, it seems, said I ought to have put Him into Greek. Now, how much Deference soever I owe to his Authority, I will venture to say, that this Declaration, at least, must have been made much at Random. It was not possible He should know what I ought to have done, from the few, & the Kind of, Questions He ask’d. To be acquainted with the Greek is thought to sound well; but, to determine upon a Youth’s literary Attainments from that Circumstance alone, is not, in my Judgement, a much wiser method than the vulgar way of enquiring how far a Boy has got; and if He has run thro’ a long Catalogue of Books, to conclude He must be a good Scholar. Had Dr Witherspoon been pleased candidly & fully to have examined this young Gentleman, I shou’d have had nothing to fear. He would not, indeed, have found him possess’d of much of that dry, useless, & disgusting School-boy kind of Learning fit only for a Pedant; but I trust, He would have found Him not illy accomplish’d, considering his manners, Temper, & Years, in that liberal, manly & necessary Knowledge befitting a Gentleman. I ever did hold in abhorrence that servile System of teaching Boys Words rather than Things; & of getting a parcel of Lumber by Rote, which may be useful & necessary to a School-master, but can never be so to a Man of the World. In these, chiefly, Sir, your Son is deficient: & but that These are thought necessary to make a Shew of, it were not, I think, much to be lamented, should He

ever remain so. I neither have attended, nor dare I promise that I can attend, to Him with the Regularity of a School master. But, Sir, tho’ the little unessential Minutiæ of School-Learning may have sometimes been neglected, & thro’ my Fault; I think I know You to be too observant & too candid a Man to believe that He has been wholly unattended to. His particular Genius & Complexion are not unknown to You; & that They are of a Kind requiring not the least Judgement & Delicacy to manage properly. Pardon me, Sir, if I assume somewhat a higher Tone in claiming some Merit to myself, for having faithfully done my Duty in this the most arduous, &, doubtless, by far the most important Part of Education. I have hitherto, I thank God, conducted Him with tolerable Safety, thro’ some pretty trying & perilous Scenes; &, remiss as I am, or may seem to be, I doubt not, in due Time, to deliver Him up to You a good Man, if not a very learned one. It will not be thought necessary for Me to enter into a fuller Detail of the Matter: what I should say, I persuade myself, will occur to You.
Annapolis was as unfit a Situation for Me as Him, which I knew not, till Experience told Me. I am now, however, at length, again to return to the Country with a Prospect of fewer Embarassments on my Hands, than it has been my good Fortune to be without for these five Years. I once was, I think, a good Preceptor: I have never been so, in my own Opinion, for the Period just mentioned. If, however, You think proper to try me a little longer, I think I can & will do better for Mr Custis, than any other Man: if You do not think proper, convinc’d that You will be influenced only by your Regard for Him, most ardently wishing that You may most effectually consult his Interest, I shall never blame You for removing Him—if, indeed, my Blame or Approbation needed to be of Consequence to You. You will do Me the Justice to believe that I can have no other Motive for wishing his Continuance with Me, besides a Kind of an Affectionate Attachment to the Boy; & a piece of Pride, perhaps, it may be, that another shou’d not reap the Merit, if there be any Merit in it, of finishing what I have begun. I am now, I trust, happily set above the Necessity of teaching for a Livelihood; nor will I as far as I can now Judge, ever take Charge of another Youth besides the Three now with me. For the last Year, I have long ago mentioned it to my Friends, I never intended charging

either Custis or the other Two, any Thing for Education; & This only from what I thought a Consciousness that I had not deserved it. If ⟨mutilated⟩ He continues with Me, & I do my Duty as I now intend (& if I do n⟨mutilated⟩ be the first to tell You of it) I will charge Him, at the least, four or f⟨mutilated⟩ Times as much as I have ever yet done.
If, after all, You resolve on removing Him, all I have to add is a Request that it may not be to Princeton. Pay Me the Complimt of believing that I know something of these Matters: and there is not any Thing I am more convinced of, than that your own College is a better one—better in every Respect. You live contiguous to it, & hear ev’ry objecn to it, often magnify’d beyond the Truth: & were this the Case wth Respect to the Jerseys, I am mistaken, if You would hear less there. If, however, the Objections to Williamsburg be insuperable, I wou’d then recommend New-York: it is but a Step farther, & for obvious Reasons, infinitely deserves the Preference. I am, Sir Yr most obedt & very Hble Servt

Jonan Boucher


Title: From George Washington to Robert Adam, 22 November 1771
From: Washington, George
To: Adam, Robert

Sir,
Mount Vernon 22d Novr 1771

In case of your going to England I should be obliged to you for using your Endeavours to purchase for me the Rights of Captns Robt Stobo & Jacob Vanbraam, to part of the 200,000 Acres of Land claimd by the Officers and Soldiers under Governor Dinwiddies Proclamation of the 19th of Feby 1754 which, by

a late determination of the Governor and Council will be, if got at all, Nine thousd Acres to each of these Gentlemen.
For neither of these shares would I give above an hundd pounds Sterlg at the Utmost because there is, in the first place a chance of our never getting the Land at all as it cannot yet be foreseen what difficulties we are to meet with from the Members of the Proprietary Governmt to the Westward of us; who have, it is said obtaind an actual Grant of the Country we are Surveying In—In the next place if we do get them it is under every disadvantage and discouragement that the nature of the thing can possibly be attended with for instead of getting one half of the Land Contiguous to Pittsburg as we were entitled to do by Proclamation & where it would be valuable we are obliged to go 300 Miles below, and take the Land in large Tracts by wch means, & the Nature of the Country, we must necessarily Include a large portion of bad Land as we are confind to 20 Surveys & have made 10 of them in the most extensive bodies of good Ld we cd find & have not got near one third of our qty which besides the hardship of compellg us to receive, will be attendd with much difficulty & great discontent at a division as it is almost impossible to divide the good & the bad in eql proportn amg the differt Claimts; add to this, that we are obligd to be at a dble expence; first in Survg the whole qty & then each Man saddled with the charge of layg of his own part seperately wch by the by appears to be subjected to the Manifest Inconvenience of being held in the Nature of a joint Interest & consequently no Man ascertaind of his particulr spot till the whole are ready & willing to divide, for which reason it is, I incline to buy, in order that this Inconv[ienc]e may be lessen’d by the principal Shares getting into fewer hands, & because hitherto the principal share of the advance (which has been upwards of £200) and almost the whole trouble has fallen upon me, otherwise I must have given up every hope of my own—Under these Circumstances which are justly and truely related I think those who have contributed nothing towards bearing the trouble, or expense of this business (among whom Stobo & Vanbraam are two) cannot expect much for their Shares & therefore I would give a trifle in order to take the chance of gaining as well as loosing as I must carry on the Work—Whatever Sums you agree for (& I have no doubts of yr purchag upon the best terms you can) I have desired Robt Cary

Esqr. & Co. to pay; & I shall be much obligd to you for any trouble you may be at & will thankfully repay all expences.
I have furthr to request the favr of yo., if it shd happen in yr way, to procure me a good Gardner; they, as well as other Tradesmen are frequently I am told to be had upon Indenture—Captn Jno. Johnstoun I know used to bring in more or less every yr in this manr, and sell them in the Country. I do not want one of yr fine fellows—a Man that can lay of a Garden, & will work hard in it afterwds, & who knows how to Sow Seeds in their proper Seasons is all that I desire. In short a good Kitchen Gardner is what I want—If he understd something of Fruit Trees & could Graft and Innoculate so much the better.
The Gun herewith sent please to have handsomely Stockd—let the Stock be of the same Bend, & Substance at the Britch as the old one—The Barl to be sealed and properly cleansd on the Inside & to have a new Lock of a piece with the Barl—the whole to be done in a compleat mannr—with a pair of Bullet Moulds.
A Neat Slip Cane, with a gold head (not expens⟨iv⟩e) with my Arms engravd thereon—Also a Plate with my Arms engravd & 4 or 500 Copies struck—A White Agate Stone fixd in the gold Socket sent with the Custis’s Arms engravd thereon for Mr Custis to whom it is to be chargd—Heartily wishg you a pleast Voyage &ca I am with gt Esteem Dr Sr Yr Most Obedt Servt

Go: Washington


Title: To George Washington from Samuel Washington, 30 November 1771 [letter not found]
From: Washington, Samuel
To: Washington, George

Letter not found: from Samuel Washington, 30 Nov. 1771. On 6 Dec. GW wrote to his brother: “Your letter of the 30th Ulto came to my hands the 3d Instt.”


Title: Cash Accounts, December 1771
From: Washington, George
To:

[December 1771]

Cash

Decr 1—
To Ditto [Cash] recd of Wm Donaldson for Rent
£   4. 0. 0

20—
To Ditto recd for a Horse sold
8. 0. 0

[21]
To Cash of Mr [Humphrey] Peake 7 Dollars
2. 2. 0

31—
To Cash gaind between recg & Paying
51.16. 3

Contra

2—
By William Roberts Balle Acct
15.19. 8

4—
By Dominicus Gubner
3. 0. 0

By Chrr Shade gave him
0.18. 0

By Charity
0. 6. 0

7—
By Oysters
0.12. 0

9—
By Peter Wise
4. 1. 2

14—
By Benj: Buckler Balle Acct
3. 3. 6

17—
By Cash pd Mr Thos Lawson Bale Acct
13. 5. 9

By Sailors
0. 6. 0

18—
By New Englandman for
Maryld

£  s. d.

14 Bushl Cranbury’s @ 20d
1. 3. 4

3 Cheeses 38½ lbs. @ 1/
1.18. 6

3 dozn Mackrell 2/
. 6.

2 Gallon’s Sounds 2/
. 4.

3.11.10
equal
2.17. 6

18—
By Christr Shade
4. 0. 0

19—
By Mr Arroll Balle of Acct to this date
15.12. 0

By Messrs Carlyle & Dalton—Smith’s acct
10.12. 0

By Mr [John] Lomax getting a Supper at my Ball the Night of Election
4. 7. 8

By Mr William Shaw providg Sundries &ca for the Election & Ball & his own Trouble
4. 1. 9

By Peter Wise Balle Acct
2.10. 9

By Mr [Harry] Piper’s Charles playg Fiddle
0.12. 0

By Wm Roberts omitted Octr 9th
1. 4. 0

By Harry [Henry] Taylor omitted 12th Octr 1771
1.17. 0

By Thos William’s omitted in August last
1. 0. 0

By Christr Shade omitted in Septr last
1. 4. 0

21—
By Cards
6. 0. 0

By Elizabeth Simpson delivg Daphne & Peg
1. 0. 0

By Thomas Bishop Balle
1. 1. 0

By Susanna Bishop delivg House Alce
0.10. 0

22—
By Thos Davis
3. 0.10

24—
By Mr James Harde Lane for Hire of [James] Steptoes Carpenter’s pr Acct & rect
17. 6. 6

25—
By Negroe Morris .18.0 Mike .12. Davy .12.
2. 2. 0

27—
By Servants
0. 2. 6

28—
By Charity
2.13. 5

By an express from the Plantn below
1. 0. 0

By Cards
2.11. 0

By 2 Packs bought
    0. 2. 0

2247. 3. 4

31—
By Cash on hand & carrd to new Acct in Ledger B folio 3
  371. 4. 1

£2618. 7. 5


Title: Invoice from Robert Cary & Company, 3 December 1771
From: Robert Cary & Company
To: Washington, George

London 3d Decr 1771

Invoice of Cost & Charges of Goods Ship’d on Board the Trimley James Page Comr for Virginia upon the Account & Risque of Colo. George Washington & to him Consignd

Theoa Crowley & Co. Iron

Cask
. 2. 0

5 M Sadlers Tacks 1/1
. 5. 5

20 M 3d. Nails 1/6½
1.10.10

27 M 8d. Ditto 3/11
5. 5. 9

A Cask
. 2.

12 M 20d. Nails 7/
4. 4. 0

A Cask
. 2. 8

3 large Broad Axes A 3/8
.11.

3 Ditto Ditto B 4/
.12.

3 Cowpers Ditto 3/
. 9.

3 Ditto Adzes 2/
. 6.

3 Ditto Howells 1/3
. 3. 9

2 Ditto Bung Borers 3/6
. 7.

2 pr Cowpers Steel Compasses with Sweeps 4/
. 8.

1½ dozn Smiths Warding Files sorted 1/6
. 2. 3

1 doz. Smiths ½ rd Files
. 4. 0

1 dozn Do large 3 Sqr Do
.12.

1 dozn Do Flat Do
.16.

4 Smiths Rubber Files A
. 5. 4

4 Ditto Do B
. 7.

4 Ditto Do C
.12.

2 Fine Secret Padlocks with bright hard Shackles & Keys
. 7.

6 Strong London Stock Locks wt. Pipe Keys, Bars & Screws Comp.
1.10. 0

3 large brass Bull Cocks 6/6
.19. 6

A Cask
. 3.

3 C Chalk 2/6
. 7. 6

Bundle Canvas &ca
. 3.

18 long Corn Scythes with Sneads furniture & 3 Stones to each 4/3
3.16. 6

1 Bundle German Steel 1 C 0 Q. 1 lb.
2.18. 6

Dennis &ca Sad[d]l[er]y

2 Casks
. 9.

A Very best Hogskin Huntg Saddle, full Welted, with Stirps Plated with Silver, 2 Linnen Girths, & Cirsingle & candle Dockd Crupper, a very best Oild Leather Pelham Bridle the Bitt Plated with Silver, & the front dble Capt with Silk
4. 6. 0

A Large Superfine blue Cloth New Market Sadle Cloth, trimd wt. 2 Superfine white Cloth Borders, stitchd with Silk, leathr Flaps &ca
1. 7. 0

A Very best Pistol Machine
1. 0. 0

A large best Portmanteau Saddle, with Furniture & Mail Pillion, with Cruppr & 2 pr of Mail straps
1. 8. 0

6 Strong leather Collars with throats and Fronts @ 3/
.18.

2 pair of Strong Stirrup Leathers
. 3.

2 Cruppers
. 1. 6

6 Best Girths lind with Neats Leather
. 9.

2 best brd Woolen Cirsingles Lind wt. neats Leathr with Steel buckles & Straps
. 4. 8

A Blue Cloth Cloak bag lind with Canvas, & canvas Pocket, bound with a brd worsted Lace
.13. 6

8 Leather Draft Horse Collrs
1. 5. 4

1 Dozn Plow Bridles wt. hemp Reins
1. 0. 0

Bradshaw &ca Seins

A Cask
.10.

A Sein 75 fathom long 10 ft Deep in the Middle, 8 feet at the ends, the Meshes made for the Herring Fishery, the Corks 2½ feet assunder & the Leads 5 feet apart made of the best 3 Strd Ld Sein Twine & Tanned
11.10. 0

2 Coils of Rope 1.0.19 1.0.17 2.1.8 @ 45/
5. 4. 6

3 Deep Sea Lines 50 fath: ea.
.12.

2 Coils of Rope 1.0.16 1.0.14 2.1.2 @ 45/
5. 2. 1

A Matt & Cord
. 1.

Eleanr Brown Corks

10 Groce of Corks @ 2/
1. 0. 0

Bag
. . 6.

John Walker Sugar

A Cask
. 3.

12 dble Loaves 0.3.12 @ 92/
3.18.11

12 Single Do 1.2.26 72/
6. 4. 9

Mary Vaughan Sieves

Bundles Mattg &ca
. 9.

1 Dozn Iron Wheat Sieves in Deep Rims @ 3/6 each
2. 2. 0

Adam Dennis Windw Gl[ass]

A Box
. 3. 9

100 Sqrs best London Crown Glass 69 ft @ 11d.
3. 3. 3

100 Sqrs Green Glass 55 ft. @ 4
.18. 6

10 lbs. of Putty & Bladder
. 3. 6

Glover & Strothoff Linn

A Bale &ca
. 4. 6

7 ps. 783 Ells Hempen @ 8½
27.14. 7

6 p. 433 Ans brown Rolls 216½ Ells 2 prCt 212 Ells @ 4¾
4. 3.11

1 ps. Hessen Wrapper
.19.

Leaver Legg Cloth

A Bale & Packg
. 5.

1 ps. drab col[ore]d Cloth 26 yds 8/6
11. 1. 0

18½ yds Scarlet Do 10/
9. 5. 0

2 ps. Scarlet Callim[anc]a 40 yds 43/6
4. 7. 0

26¾ yds bro: Duffield 3/
4. 0. 3

11½ Mohair Twist
.11. 6

4 Oz. Scarlet Do
. 6.

Silk Twist
1. 8.

Farrers & Parrett

A Case
. 4. 6

6—½ pint cream Col[ore]d Mugs
. 1. 0

6 Pint Do 2/ 6 Quarts 4/
. 6.

3—2 Quarts
. 4.

6 Bottles & 6 Basons
.12.

6 Dutch Chamber Potts
. 4.

2—2 gallon Stone Jugs
. 4.

3 dozn Enameld Wine Glasses
.13. 6

6 Ale Glasses enameld
. 3. 6

Bevan & Son Apethy

A Box
. 1. 6

Glauber Salts 3 lb.
. 3.

Liquid Laudanum 7d. oz. 4
. 2. 4

Volatile Salts Sal Armoniac 6d. oz. 2
. 1.

Tinctr Myrhh 3/4 lb. oz. 2
. 3. 9

Caust: Lunar 1/3 oz. 2
. 2. 6

Flaky Manna 6/ lb. 2
.12.

Venice Treacle 4/ lb.
. 4.

Diascordium 3/4 lb.
. 3. 4

Gum Camphor 6d. oz. 4
. 2.

Myrrh 5d. oz. 2
.  .10

Elixer Paragorick 3d. oz. 10
. 2. 6

Spirits Salarm. 3d. oz. 4
. 1. 0

Elixor Vitriol 4d. oz. 4
. 1. 4

Gutta Vita 1/4 oz. 4
. 5. 4

Jesuits Bark Powderd dearer 11/ lbs. 2
1. 2. 0

Oil of Amber 4d. oz. 4
. 1. 4

Flint Bottles stopprs & Potts
. 8. 2

Tyzack Hodges Bottles

Hogsheads
.12.

63 dozn Bottles best Mld Qts
7. 7. 0

Waterage 3/ Wharfage 1/
. 4.

Darby & Morgan Blankts

A Bale & Packg
. 4. 0

1 best stripd Blanket £5
5. 0. 0

1½ dozn pr plaid Hose No. 3 11/6
.17. 3

2½ dozn pr Do Do 4 12/6
1.11. 3

4 dozn Do Do 5 13/6
2.14.

Frans & Jno. Nalder

A Box
. 2. 6

2 dble Gloster Cheess. 40½ lb. 6d.
1. 0. 3

1 Cheshire Do 41½ 5½
.19.

Mauduit & Co. Woollen

A Bale
. 5.

2 ps. best Welch Cotton 96 62 158 yds 16d.
10.10. 8

5 ps. yd wide bro: Do 29 30 30 28 26—143 19½
11.12. 4

½ ps. blew Kendal Do for Wrappr
. 4. 6

James Ayres Collars

a Cask
. 3. 6

6 Horse Collars 3/
.18.

8 Strong Tand Leathr Housgs
1.12.

Hugh Innes Porter

A Cask
. 7.

12 dozn old Porter @ 6/6
3.18.

Wm Maile Oil & P.

A Case & Pottles
.12.

1 Pottle anchovies
. 8.

4 Ditto French Olives
1. 0. 0

2 Ditto Walnuts
. 6.

2 Ditto Capers
. 8.

A Jug & Basket
. 4. 6

5 Gallons best Lamp Oil @ 2/8
.13. 4

A Hamper
. 1. 2

1 Gall. 1 Pt Sweet Oil @ 9
.10. 2

Bottle
. 1. 0

6 Bottles fine Mustard 10d.
. 5. 0

12 Barls Lampblack 4d.
. 4.

A Cask
. 2.

Allum 1.2.14

  1. 2  1.1.12 @ 6/
1. 1. 8

A Chest Cord & Cordg
.17. 6

Josh Middleditch

1 Jarr of Raisons 45¼ 16¼ 29 lb. 52/
.13. 5 1/2

1 Ditto Currants 42.6 13.6 29 52/
.13. 5 1/2

Jordon Almonds 15 20d.
1. 5.

White Ginger 2 10d.
. 1. 8

Mace ¼ lb.
. 5.

Nutmegs ¼ lb.
. 2. 4

Cinnamon ¼ lb.
. 4. 6

Cloves ¼ lb.
. 3.

Salt Petre 10 lb. @ 1/
.10.

A Jarr
. 3. 6

Thomas Squire Cutlery

1 Dozn pr Chinese green Ivory Table Knives & Fks
1.16.

1 Dozn pr Ditto Desert
1. 8.

Stephen Heath Hab[erdasher]y

15 lb. shoe thrd @ 13d.
.16. 3

25 lb. brown Do 18d.
1.17. 6

1 Oz. Supr Coventry blew Do
. 4. 6

1 Groce fine Wire Buttons
. 3.

1 ps. best London Quality
. 2. 3

1 M London Needles
. 5.

3 ps. brd rich Ferret 6/6
.19. 6

3 India Fan’s 14d.
. 3. 6

Jonn Coleman Breechs

1 pr Buck Breeches
1. 8.

P: J. & C. Palmer Silk

10 yds of Pea Green Lustring 5/9
2.17. 6

Wm Weale Candles

1 Candlestick
1. 2. 0

Wm & Edd Loxham Swd Belt

1 Blew Silk Belt with Swivels & Town Lock
.14. 0

Mary Scott & Son Cutlery

4 Horn Poll Combs @ 5/
. 1. 8

2 Tortoiseshell Do 2/
. 4.

1 Gardeners fine Town made knife with a Saw
. 4. 6

2 Setts of Phlegms 1/
. 2.

1 dble groce pln Silvr Buttn
. 9.

James Davis Shoes

8 pr Womens neat rich bla. Calla lind
2. 8.

2 pr Womens neat Lea. Pumps
. 8. 4

2 pr Ditto Shoes
. 6.

1 pr rich bla. Sattin lind
.11. 6

	Edwd Gilbert Staty

1 Ledger 8/4 Superfine Demi Ruld 9 lines on a side in vel. Marb: lind Rusa Bands & 2 Strong Clasps
1.16. 6

1 Demi Alphibet to Do 1 Letter on a Leaf in ferrel
. 4.

5 Qr. Fo. Cap. folio Gilt
. 7. 6

5 Qr. 4to Post Do
. 4. 2

Frans Newbery Books

18to Prayer Book Tate Psalms red Morrocco
. 8.

1 Burnes Justice 4 Vol. 8to.
1. 4.

1 Tissets Practice Physk
. 7.

1 Glass’s Cookery
. 5.

Box Cord & Cordg
. 7.

	Thomas Gibson

Makg a blew Cloth Frock
. 8.

2⅜ yds Suprfine Cloth 18/
2. 2. 9

4 yds fine Shalloon 2/4
. 9. 4

Sleeve Linings & Pockets
. 2. 2

Silk & twist
. 2. 6

Buckram & Stays
. 2. 6

18 best gilt Coat Buttons
. 3. 9

Making a Buff Cassimor Waistcoat
. 4.

1⅞ of Cassimer 10/
.18. 9

Fine shalloon & Cotton lining & Pockets
. 5. 9

Silk & Twist
. 1. 6

Buckram & Stays
. 1.

Buttons
. 1.

1 Yd Green Baise Packg
. 2. 6

	Susan: Thorpe Mill[iner]y

A White Sattin Cloke trimd with edging
2. 4. 0

A Plain Bonnett
.10.

A Stoma[che]r & Sleeve knots
. 9. 6

A Do Do Do
.10. 6

A Do Do Do
.10. 6

2 Yds bla: velvet Ribn
. 3.

A Smart Cap
1. 1. 0

A Do Do
1. 1. 0

2 Stomacher Boxes
. 1.

2 Cap Boxes
. 1. 6

	Vincent Mitchell Buckle

A pr of best mettle Sho. B[uckles]
.10. 6

Thomas Nalder Gloves

2 pr Men’s best st. Topd Buck Gloves 48/
. 8.

2 pr W[omens] fine Purple Kid Do @ 23/
. 3.10

2 Do Do Mitts 23/
. 3.10

4 Do D. wt grn Kid Do 21/
. 7. 0

Richards &ca Hose

4 pr Womn thrd Hose @ 3/
.12.

6 pr 4 thd Supfine Do 6/
1.16.

6 pr Do India Cotton 7/6
2. 5.

6 pr Mens la: Sup: Do 8/
2. 8.

2 pr Stout White Silk 16/
1.12.

2 pr Do Mixd Do 15/
1.10.

2 pr thrd Gloves 3/6
. 7.

1 pr white Silk Do 6/
. 6.

1 Mans fine Hat
1. 0. 0

A Box for the Hatt
.  . 8

Wm Hallier Tin W.

2 Lanthorns 2/3
. 4. 6

Webster & Son W. Keys

3 Watch Keys 1/6
. 4. 6

A Box
. 2. 6

Jno. Didsbury

3 pr dress, & 3 pr Neat Str. Shoes
2.11. 0

1 pr Neat thin Boots Seemd & loopd
1. 8.

1 pr neat strong dble vampd Do seemd &c.
1.15.

2 pr Neat Garters, 2 pr Silvr Plated Buckles & seemd Spur Leathr
.12.

Sundries for L: Washington
4. 5.

Jno. Stabler Linn

3 ps. Suprfine Flanders Red Ticks @ 36/
5. 8.

1 ps. Died Rusa Drillg 24¾ 12d.
1. 4. 9

2 ps. Ir. Linn 7/8 Colrane N. 11 52 yds 15d.
3. 5.

1 ps. fine Do yd Wide N. 34 25 yds 2/6
3. 2. 6

2 ps. Suprfine Do D. 84 50 yd 4/
10.  .

1 Demi ps. fine Muslin sprigd & stripd 10 yds
2.15.

20 Supfine Handrs. Purple Chinese Borders 3/3
3. 5.

1 ps. New Silk Romall 33/
1.13.

1 ps. Bandannoe
1. 7.

Case
. 4.

Edwd Gilbert Cards

6 dozn best Mogul Cards Export 5/6
1.13. 0

Bond
. 5. 6

Cocket & Searchers Fees
. 3.

Box
. 1.

Ben Gurden &ca Jewelery

To a Topaz & engraving Coat of Arms on Do
2. 7. 6

To New Bezell & setting gold Seal
.10.

To a gold Seal wt. the Crest on Do
1.13. 0

To repg gold Watch Chain & 3 New Swivels
1. 3. 0

Entry out, Searchers Fees & Shipg Charges
5.19. 0

Freight primage & Bills of Lading
9.11. 6

Premo of £350 Insurd at 2 prCt & Policy
7. 5. 6

Comn at 2½ prCt
8. 8. 1

Jno. Cooper & Sons Burrs

1 pr French Burr Millstones 4 feet 4 Inchs Diameter—the runnr made Burr edgeways markd as pr Margins
38. 0. 0

Package & Literage
.16.

Freight & Primage
1. 1.

Comn 2½ prCt
.19.10

£386. 2. 4

E. Excepted pr Robert Cary & Co.


Title: From George Washington to William Crawford, 6 December 1771
From: Washington, George
To: Crawford, William

Dear Sir,
Mount Vernon Decemr 6th 1771.

The inclosed I write to you in behalf of the whole Officers & Soldiers; & beg of you to be attentive to it, as I think our Interest is deeply concerned in the event of your dispatch.
I believe from what I have lately heard, that there is no doubt now, of the Charter Government taking place on the Ohio; but upon what terms, or how the Lands will be granted to the people, I have not been able to learn: I shou’d be glad however if you would endeavour to keep the Tract you surveyed for me till such time as we can tell where, & how, to apply for Rights; or, if you did any thing with McMahan, on my account, I will abide by that As soon as the Tract at the Great Meadow’s is enlarged, I should be glad to have the Surveys return’d to the Office, and to get a plat of it myself, as I am determined to take out a patent for it immediately.
I cannot hear of any reserve in favor of Colo. Croghan; for which reason I do not care to say any thing more to him on the subject of a purchase untill matters are upon a more permanent footing, since no disadvantage can follow to him, after leaving him at liberty in my last letter to sell the Tract he made me an offer of to any body he pleased. I shou’d be glad however to hear from you how he goes on in his sales, & what is said, & thought of his claim; in short, what chance there appears to be of his getting it; for I suppose his right to the Lands he claims must either be confirm’d, or rejected by this time, & known at Pittsburg

before now. I shou’d be glad to hear from you by the first opportunity in respect to these several matters; in the mean while I remain with my best wishes to Mrs Crawford, yourself & Family Dr Sir Your assur’d Friend & Servt

G: Washington


Title: From George Washington to Samuel Washington, 6 December 1771
From: Washington, George
To: Washington, Samuel

Dear Brother,
Mount Vernon Decr 6th 1771.

Your Letter of the 30th Ulto came to my hands the 3d Instt—That Mr Smith is dead, is no wonder; that he lived so long, is a matter of some surprize to me, as every body expected to have the burying of him into whose house he came—What a pretty situation your family would have been in, if he had obtaind leave to Innoculate? after having receivd the Infection you would have been left to the mercy of Providence; for I was morally sure he could ⟨not live to carry⟩ you through it at any rate & I suppose the little fatiegue, & trouble he must have undergone would necessarily have hasten’d his end. This being his Situation, what a Madman must he have been, to quit his House & Friends in pursuit of so vain a shadow? to persist in it to the last; argued something of insanity.
I cannot help thinking, that you & our Friend Warner, are a little out of luck to be pesterd in the manner I hear you are, with

Glostonian’s in pursuit of Land—and I cannot help thinking also that, our Brother Charles is acting the part of a madman, to Rent his land to People of such force, who must, in the nature of things cut down and destroy his Land to all Intents & purposes; to the manifest injury of his Children, who would otherwise consider those Lands as by odds the most valuable part of their Inheritance.
You wrote me word sometime ago that a Tenant of mine, was desirous of raising money in your hands for the discharge of his Rent; if you think there is a probability of his doing of it, I should much rather take it in that way, than by distress, & should be glad if you would order it so accordingly, & ask the other’s, as you may accidentally see them, in what manner they purpose to pay; as I am resolvd, so soon as Gholson’s Rent for the present year becomes due, to destrain for the whole; as I also will for all the Arrearages of Kennedy’s after March when I think by his Lease I have a right so to do.
Mr Warner Washington told me that, he did not doubt but some of the lowlander’s (that were in pursuit of Land) would be very glad to Rent that ⟨place⟩ of Kennedy’s after his term expires, which will be at Christmas in the next year; if so, I would Rent all that remains untenanted on the left hand side of the Road from my Brother John’s place to Doctr McCarmick’s containing as near as I can guess about 600 Acres—If I gave a lease it should not be for a less Rent than £40 a year as that is not more than the Interest of the money I could sell the Land for if so much; I would not have you agree with any one for it even at this Rent, as there is a person wanting it, that I should Incline to give the preference to, but I should be glad you would intimate the matter to any that may be in want by way of sounding them the result of which please to let me know—the Wood Land between the Road aforementioned & your Line of the Surplus Land I shall always reserve by way of Support to the Tract as I expect to have most of the other Timber destroy’d notwithstanding the clause in my Leases reserving a certain proportion of wood to each Lott. I have a small Tract of Land lying between the Lines of Mr Wormley Mr Keith, Mr Alexander, the Land of the Tract Surveyed in the name of Richd Sanford, & Colo. George Lee, which I would sell. By the Proprietors Deed it should contain 183 Acres; but by Plotting the Courses & measuring the figure

they make, there is 273 Acres which of them is right or whether either, I do not know—but I told Mr Warner Washington I would take £250 for it be it more or less—or if he has nevr offered it to any body I would rather take 25/an Acre, & stand to the measure of it myself if it lyes in your way to mention this matter to any of the Land buyer’s I should be obligd to you as it is only fit to be sold, or Rented & possibly would not rent for the Interest of the Money.
If Mr Keith and you are upon friendly terms, I should be obligd to you if you could discover from him whether he would sell a tract of Land which he holds in this County & upon what terms—I do not want it myself but have promised to come at this knowledge (if I can) in behalf of another and do not know how to do it unless you can assist me.
I hope it is unnecessary for me to add that, I shall always think myself very happy in seeing you here whenever you can make it convenient. I have been expecting my Brother John & Mr Lawe Washington with their Wives; but do not well know what to think of their coming now, as John was to have been up to Frederick & down again before this and I learn from Crawford that he has not made the Trip as yet. The two old Burgesses are chosen for Richmond; but Colo. F. Lee’s Electn I hear is to be disputed by Muse, who it is said was within two of him—Lee’s are again chosen for Westmoreland, & the squire it seems by Colo. Phi⟨lip⟩ Lee’s making abt 30 Votes on the day of Election; Alexander & Peyton are Elected for Stafford; Jones & Fitzhugh for King George—Grymes shut out of Spotssylvania & Grayson disappointed in Prince Wm the old ones being choose & in our County no Pole was taken. Mrs Washington &ca present their Love to my Sister & yrself along with that of Dr Sir Yr Most affect. Br.

Go: Washington


Title: Bond to Philip Pendleton, 7 December 1771
From: Washington, George,Pendleton, Philip
To:

7 Dec. 1771. GW’s bond was to Philip Pendleton (1752–1802) of Frederick County for £800 in the sale for £400 to Pendleton of “the fee Simple Estate of . . . a Certain Tract of Land Lying . . . in the said County of Frederick adjoining the Lands of James Keith, The Orphans of Joshua & Abraham Hains and the Tract of Land which the said Philip Pendleton Purchased of Owen Thomas, being that Neck of Land, Seperated from the main body of the said George Washingtons Land by a Line to be run from a Small Locust a Corner of the said Land Patented by Owen Thomas to a Corner of the Line which divides Hains’s Land from the said George Washington.”


Title: To George Washington from Richard Croshor Graves, 8 December 1771
From: Graves, Richard Croshor
To: Washington, George

Deare Sir
sundy morning the 8 of Desember

the Bearer Comes to in Form you of the Death of mr Joseph Vallentine who Departed yesterday 3 aClock being the 7 Day of This instant we in form you as Quick as Possible as there Can be know kind of Business Dun with out orders From you and the sooner you send a man the Better.
Deare Sir if you ant surploy’d your self with a man I shall Be

glad to sarve you as I am well acquain’d with the Estate I think I Can Doe as well for you as any one if you think proper to try me a yeare please to Rite me a line and I will Come to you Emeadiately I bleave all a knows me Can say as I was allways Deligent to my Business and you may Depend on my best indevours for you.
I am well acquain’d with people in General to know who to trust as there may Be know Bad Depts tho. if you Dont Chuse to Imploy me: if there is any thing as I Can Doe for you you may Command me and I will oblige you in any thing as I shall Be oblige Down to see to his affares. Sir From your Very hbe ser.

Richd Cro. Graves


Title: To George Washington from James Hill, 9 December 1771
From: Hill, James
To: Washington, George

Sir
King Wm County Decr 9th 1771.

Colo. Carter Braxton & Mr Phil. Claiborne inform’d me some time ago that you Immagined you should be in want of a Man to overlook your Buisness, & as Mr Valentine is now Dead I shall be glad to serve you, & will wait on you immediately well recommened, provi[d]ed you will let me know by the Bearers leaving a letter at King Wm Court House from you to inform me if you should be in want or not. I am Sir Yr mo: obt Servt

James Hill


Title: To George Washington from John Pendleton, 15 December 1771
From: Pendleton, John
To: Washington, George

Dear Sir
Fredericksburg, Decr 15. 1771.

You’ll Receive with this: A Letter from Colo. Bernd Moore, & one from my Bror Edmd Pendleton: the latter informs me that the late Steward for Colo. Custis’s Estate, is Dead; & Advis’d me

to Apply to you for the Business—I came thus far, in hopes I should meet you, on yr Way to the Court of Oyer; but as yo. are not come, I suppose you do not intend there.
The Business I am now Engagd in, prevents my coming up to yr House; but if you are willing to Employ me in that Estate; be pleas’d to Signifie it, in a line by the Post to my Bror Edmd and I will go to any place you shall direct and Doubt not but I discharge that trust, to my Credit, & your Satisfaction and am Sr yr mo. Obedt hble Servt

John Pendleton


Title: To George Washington from Bartholomew Dandridge, 18 December 1771
From: Dandridge, Bartholomew
To: Washington, George

Dear Sir
New Kent Decr 18. 1771.

As the death of Mr Valentine makes it necessary for you to employ a new Steward for your Business below, it is probable many proper Persons will apply for the Place, and I have no doubt of your readily choosing a good one, which may make any Information from me on that Subject very unnecessary, Yet as the fullest information & the greatest choice can do no harm, I cannot refuse the request of Mr John Hopkins, to apply to you on his behalf, not only as I think him, in every respect, very well qualified to succeed Mr Valentine, but as I have a great inclination to oblige & serve him, as far as lies in my Power, I must therefore beg leave to inform you that during the course of many years acquaintance, & large dealings, I have always found him a Gentleman of uprightness & integrity, I have been well acquainted with many of his transactions in business of great consequence, and have found him remarkeable for his industry, activity & prudence, I likewise know him to be, very capable of Accounts, & of a good temper & behavior, I may not be a good Judge of Plantation Affairs, & therefore it would not be doing Justice to Mr Hopkins to say only that it is my Opinion he understands them very well, but I must further say that this is likewise the Opinion of those of his Neighbourhood, whose Judgmt are to be depended on, and that his Father under whom he was brought up was reckoned a good Planter, & for many Years an Inspector, I likewise know that this has always been a part of his Employment & that he cannot be at a loss for want of Experience, Mr Hopkin⟨s⟩ has a small independant Fortune of his own, on which he can live comfortably, but for the advantage of his Family is willing to improve it in this way, I cannot help wishing him Success, which I would by no means do, if I had not the best reasons to believe he will deserve it, and if you have no

recommendation that you think you can better depend on, or no better opportunity of obliging your other Friends on this Occasion, I should esteem it a great Favor if you would prefer Mr Hopkins, which your kindness on all other Occasions leaves me no room to doubt of.
I write to my Sister by this Opportunity and will trouble you no further than to assure you that I am sincerely Dear Sir Your very affect. & obliged humble Servt

B. Dandridge


Title: To George Washington from Burwell Bassett, 21 December 1771
From: Bassett, Burwell
To: Washington, George

Dear Sir
Eltham 21 Decr 1771

Your favour of the 15 Inst. I receive in Wmsburg yesterday, As to the Candidates for Vallentine Place Graves you know as much of as I do & Hill I know nothing of But what I heard Mr Claiborne say, There has a great many people apply’d to me to r[e]commend them, But as I new nothing of them but by the recommendation they brought with them from Gentlemen I advise them to apply to you that you was well acquainted with The Gentlemen that recommended them & that I could say nothing more to them But as I find none of these has been with you I will just mention a few of them Mr Joseph Eggleston of James City recommended by Mr Ralph Wormly Se[nio]r & Mr John Cooke Booth of James City recommended by Mr John Shermer & Mr Nicholas; Mr Pendleton informd me that Colo. B. Moore & himself had recommended his Brother John Pendleton, I will inquire perticularly into James Hill character & give you the best information I can get, I went to the Plantation where Vallentine Died & found that he had put his Corn in the Open Tobo Houses & that it laid at the mercy of every person

that was rogue Enough to take the advantage of it, I sent for the Overseer from the Marsh Quarter & order him to have the houses mended up & Locks put on the doors, which he informd me to day was done I also made him take a perticular account of all the Negroes & Stocks of all sorts that are at the plantations about Wmsburg & bring it to me, which I intended to inclos’d to you but find it will make my letter two large so shall keep them till I have the pleasure of seeing you, If there is any thing that I can do for you before you fix on a manager please to command me.
The Assembly is to meet the six of February as you will see by the Papers when we hope to have the pleasure of yours & Mrs Washingtons Company I do assure you nothing would give me so much pleasure as to be able to come to M. Vernon, But I am so unwell that I must defer that pleasure till the Spring of the year when I hope I shall be able to come without endangering my health, Mrs Bassett and the little ones are pretty well and join me in Love & best Wishes to the family at M. Vernon. I am Dr Sir Yr Most Affect. & Obt Servt

Burl Bassett


Title: To George Washington from Bartholomew Dandridge, 21 December 1771
From: Dandridge, Bartholomew
To: Washington, George

Dear Sir
New Kent Decr 21st 1771.

Mr James Hockaday of this County informs me that he intends to apply to you to succeed Mr Valentine in the Management of your Estate below, and notwithstanding my warm recommendation of Mr John Hopkins who first applied to me, I think it my duty, in Justice to Mr Hockaday; at his request, to inform you, that I have always been acquainted with him from my Infancy, & that his Character for Sobriety Integrity & Industry has been one of the best of my Acquaintance, he has been used to keeping Accounts which he is allowed to understand very well, I cannot say I am acquainted with his management of Plantation Affairs, but am convinced that a Person of his Experience & good Understanding cannot be at a loss in that, I must further beg leave to recommend him to you as a Person who I believe will suit very well the Station he applies for, & one whom I should be glad to oblige. I am Dr Sir Your affect. & obedt Servt

B. Dandridge


Title: To George Washington from Joseph Davenport, 23 December 1771
From: Davenport, Joseph
To: Washington, George

Sr
[Claiborne’s plantation, 23 December 1771]

in Compliance to your General Letter I have Sent you an Exact List of the Negroes Stock of Cattle &c. on this plantation but as you may not think that I did not pay the Regard due to your Letter to me before on that Subject; I assure you that this is the third List I have made out and Sent to you As to the Duty of an Overseer I Shall as Strictly Adhere to as if there was a Cheif. but there is 26 Hogs to Spare from the place wch Mr Robt Ruffin informs me that he had engaged of Mr Valentine be fore his death, they are not Extrordinary fat but have got to Eating dirt at Such a rate that they do not mend but Seems to be Eating Corn in waste—now as you have wrote and did not mention what Should be done with the pork I am doubtful whether I Ought to deliver it or no however if I do not hear from you in ten days I Shall Venture to deliver it to Mr Ruffin or they will destroy More Corn then the pork will be worth. I’m Sr yr Very Humble Sert

Jos. Davenport


Title: To George Washington from Richard Croshor Graves, 24 December 1771
From: Graves, Richard Croshor
To: Washington, George

Sr
york County Desemr the 24[1771]

According to your Desire I have sent Will up With an Inventeary From Every oversers own hand I Aplloy’d to the treasurear and the assembley is prorogud tell the sixt Day of February Next, As to the Hogs they ant half fatt Great part of them has ben put up sence the Death of Mr Vallentine as to the store I Did not want worning in Being Carefull I have Neaver had the kee Nor Bean in the store mr Vallentine was In his proper sences to the Last and knew as I lived a Great Distance from him two far to take the Care of any keys so as he Left them in the Care of mr stanhope Vaughn who is alowed to be a very honest man and one of his Executors as to the Book you shall find it safe as he Left it and I will Doe for the Best in Every thing but Dont Care to Concearnd in any accompts while you Come Down as all may be settled I will have the papers and accompt placed Ready for

you and if the Hogs is Fatt before you send a man I will Doe for the Best according to your Desire the Wider has Now mov’d of and no one at the place which is very Dangrous with the store and other things I much Expected to have Dun your Business had I known as you wanted a Recommendation I Could have sent you as good as could be by Evey Gente man as new me the Sooner you send a man the Better as the hands wants placing and sum of the overseers suffers for them know more But Remain your most obed. & very hbe ser.

Richd Croshor Graves


Title: To George Washington from Burwell Bassett, 25 December 1771
From: Bassett, Burwell
To: Washington, George

Dear Sir
Eltham 25 December 1771

Not knowing of the return of this messenger I wrote you by the last post to which I now refer you, I have meet with no Body yet to enquire into Hill Character But will make it my Business next weak to go to king Wm & when I am informd will let you know by the next Post, In my last I inclos’d you two letters recommending Mr James Hockaday one from Mr Burbridge the other from Mr Bat Dandridge, Hockaday apply’d to me I know him to be Sober Honest & industrious & understand Accot pretty well, But as he has never been in any Business accept looking after a small platation of his own I thought it right to mention it.
The Assemble meet the six of Febry when I hope to have the pleasure of yours & Mrs Washington Company at Eltham, If there is any thing that I can do for you before you fix on a manager please to command me, Inclos’d you’ll receive and Accot of the Negroes & Stocks of all sorts at the plantations below which I made the overseer take and bring to me—Please to make my Love & best Complements acceptable at M. Vernon I am Dr Sr Your Mo: Affect. & Obt Servt

Burl Bassett


Title: List of Slaves Belonging to George Washington and John Parke Custis, December 1771
From: Washington, George
To:

[December 1771]

An Inventory of the Negro’s belonging to G. Washington & J. P. Custis As given in by the respective Overseers after the death of Mr Joseph Valentine in the Month of Decr 1771

York County

⟨Great⟩ House Plantn

Male
Age

Female
Age

Great Jemmy
50

Eaby
50

Joe
45

Betty
50

Isaac
35

Dinah
30

Squi⟨re⟩
35

Peg
30

Orange
55

Fanny
35

Will Shag
30

Peg
25

Roger
30

Peg
20

Peter
25

S⟨al⟩
20

Coach Jemmy
50

Alice
60

 ⟨Little Will⟩
25

⟨Patt⟩
15

⟨Tom⟩
⟨1⟩5

Nan
10

Phill
14

Frank
10

Jack
14

Mary
9

Morris
10

Silvia
7

Anthony
7

Harbour
5

James
3

Barbery
6

Joe
3

Lydia
3

Jasper
5 m.

A Child
Month

Peter Carpr
55

Cornelia ⟨Gr⟩r
70

Ned Miller
60

Grace
60

20

20

[York County]

⟨Jacksons⟩ &ca

Male
Age

Female
Age

Crispin
85

Hannah
27

 Sam
35

Dinah
35

Jack
23

Nanny
30

Perrey
   2⟨1⟩

Cuz
15

Bob
 13

Grace
14

Godfrey
   ⟨2⟩

Eaby
17

6

Phoebe
13

Aggy
11

⟨Tabby⟩
9

9

[York County]

Mill Quarter &ca

Male
Age

Female
Age

Jack
45

 Acka
30

Autemy
55

 ⟨Tab⟩
50

Mocon
50

 Cor⟨nelia⟩
30

Eugene
50

 ⟨N⟩anny
85

Peter
25

Grace
55

Phill
85

Alice
25

Ned
23

Hannah
22

Harry
25

 ⟨Sal⟩
20

Dick
15

 ⟨B⟩eck
20

⟨George⟩
14

⟨mutilated⟩tt
19

Doram
9

 ⟨mutilated⟩
18

Bob
4

 N⟨ell⟩
18

Harry
3

Amey
15

Morris
2

⟨Je⟩nny
15

Peter
 1

 S⟨oock⟩
13

15

 ⟨Lucy⟩
7

 ⟨Gals K⟩itt
7

 ⟨R⟩ose
6

 M⟨oll⟩
2 Mths

19

New Kent County

Rockahock

Male
Age

Female
Age

Martin
65

Nan
65

Paul
65

 Mi⟨me⟩
44

Old Bob
55

 Old ⟨Jude⟩
44

Old Tom
55

Jenny
38

Prince Bob
36

Bella
36

Isham
33

Nell
28

Sam
23

Beck
27

Little Martin
22

Am⟨y⟩
24

Dick
21

 Nan
24

Daniel
   ⟨21⟩

 A⟨abov⟩
20

Little Bob
   ⟨17⟩

Little Nan
 16

Anthony
   ⟨14⟩

Mill⟨ie⟩
15

Lo⟨o⟩
   ⟨11⟩

Little Dinah
14

Little Paul
   ⟨8⟩

Sall
14

Cridon
   ⟨5⟩

Nan
10

Cæsar
   ⟨3⟩

Elly
9

Sampson
⟨1⟩ month

Rose
6

17

Moll⟨y⟩
4

⟨Betty⟩
4

 ⟨Ally⟩
3

 M⟨olly⟩
3

 ⟨Lucy⟩
2

Little ⟨Jenny⟩
2

Little ⟨Beck⟩
3 M.

 Little Jude
   1 M.

2⟨5⟩

[New Kent County]

Brick House

Male
Age

Female
Age

Chas Baker
P[ast] L[abo]r

Hannah
P[ast] L[abo]r

Will
60

Nanny
50

Dick
50

Beck
40

Jerry
50

Eleh
35

Nanser
48

Arber
30

Joe
35

Eve
25

Tom
30

Crayger
25

Pompey
25

Fanny
 ⟨25⟩

Toney
18

Nell
20

Emanuel
16

Fran⟨kie⟩
   ⟨16⟩

Phill
14

Suckey
   ⟨15⟩

Will
12

Aggy
12

Ben
12

Moll
10

Peter
12

Dolly
6

Lany
8

Moll
6

 Tairy
8

Nan
3

David
8

Sibba
5

Dite
5

⟨City⟩
2

Tom
5

Tally
2

Joshua
4

Aley
2

Moses
4

Grace
1

Daniel
5

Amey with

⟨Lewis⟩
3

Dite Howl
12

Matt
3

22

⟨Ned⟩
⟨1⟩ Months

⟨25⟩

[New Kent County]

 Old Quarter

Male
Age

Female
Age

Joe

Betty

Harry

Sarah

Paul

Molly

Mike

Sarah

Bristol

Eby
 11

Tom
15

Betty
   ⟨9⟩

Godfrey
 ⟨13⟩

Esther
   ⟨7⟩

Julius
   ⟨12⟩

 ⟨Patty⟩
   ⟨1⟩

Isaac
4

 ⟨Old woman Patty⟩

9

9

[New Kent County]

Harlows

Male
Age

Female
Age

Goliah
66

Kate
66

Scipio
63

Moll
35

Abram
41

Phoebe
30

Goodwin
40

Sall
19

Roger
31

Esther
14

Stephen
30

5

⟨Jacob⟩
30

 ⟨George⟩
23

 ⟨John⟩
   1⟨9⟩

 ⟨Tom⟩
   ⟨14⟩

 Ne⟨d⟩
13

Charles
10

Harry
6

Abram
3

Sam
2

Batt
10 Mth

16

Geo: Washington

In King William County

Claibornes

Male
Age

Female
Age

Stephen
55

Sarah
60

Pieras
57

Moll
56

Solomon
36

Rachael
36

David
36

Patt
38

George
21

Crayger
36

Mingo Will
19

Kitt
36

Jack
17

Hanah
22

Cully
16

Milly
16

Little Davy
14

⟨Jane⟩
   ⟨13⟩

Little Will
12

⟨Nan⟩
   ⟨11⟩

Joe
11

Corn⟨elia⟩
   ⟨9⟩

Little Guy
8

Dinah
11

Bob
2½

Sall
8

⟨Peter⟩
1½

Arba
7

Stephen
1

M⟨olly⟩
   ⟨5⟩

Natt
2

⟨Eve⟩
   ⟨5⟩

Old Guy
58

Frank⟨ey⟩
Dead

17

16 [17]

Note the total ⟨mutilated⟩ Negroes is ⟨33 mutilated⟩ upwards ⟨mutilated⟩.


Title: Memorandum List of Quitrents, 1771
From: Washington, George
To:

1771. “A List of Lands belonging to Geo: Washington in the Northern Neck on wch Quit-rents became due Michaelmas 1772.”


Title: Cash Accounts, January 1772
From: Washington, George
To:

[January 1772]

Cash

Jany  1—
To Cash Won at Cards
£ 6. 2.0

Contra

1—
By Cash paid Mr Cunningham of Alexa. for Sundry Branding Irons from Philada
3.16.0

5—
By my Expens. at Arrells Settling Colo. [Thomas] Colvills Estate Accts with the Assignees of J[ohn] Semple
1.17.9

By Michl Gretter for 1 Qr of Beef 46 lb. @ 3d.
0.11.6

7—
By Lund Washington
12. 0.0

By Freight of Oats &ca from the Eastn Shore
10.13.4

10—
By a Mare bought of Edwd Woffing
5. 0.0

By Susanna Bishop layg Doll & Knittg a pr of Stockings
0.15.0

15—
By Colo. Fairfax’s Servants
1.10.0

By Jonathan Palmer
5. 0.0

19—
By Thomas Williams
2.10.0

23—
By Mr [Thomas] Richardson of Geo: Town for Bottles £10.10.0 Pensa. equal to Virga
7.17.6

24—
By a pair of Leather Breeches for Will
1.10.0

By Dominicus Hovenor
2.10.0


Title: From George Washington to Robert Cary & Company, 8 January 1772
From: Washington, George
To: Robert Cary & Company

Gentn
Mount Vernon 8th Jany 1772

If this Letter should get to hand before Mr Adam (by whom I wrote to you on the 22d of Novr) should leave London, I should be obligd to you for sending me two pieces of the best Dutch Blanketting by his ship—if it is too late for that Vessell and any other conveyance should offer immediately to this River be pleased to embrace it and thereby oblige Gentn Yr Most Obedt Hble Servt

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Title: To George Washington from Robert Hanson Harrison, 10 January 1772
From: Harrison, Robert Hanson
To: Washington, George

Sir
Alexandria January 10. 1772

I do not think you would be safe in purchasing the Land in dispute between Messrs West and Posey. that is that you would be liable to the penalities of the Statute 32 H 8 ch9 which I have Transcribed & herewith send you for your perusal—It does not appear by this Statute that Bonds &c. respecting Sales of pretenced titles are void; It only Subjects the purchasor to a forfeiture of the Value of the Land, that is the bona fide price paid; as It does the Vendor to that of the Sum received; Nor does It Avoid a Conveyance—But should you & Mr West incline to conclude a Bargain, risquing a prosecution on this stat., the best

way would be to have Two Deeds; One for the Land to which he is Indisputably Intitled recitg the Consideration paid for that & a separate one for that in dispute.
I think that the Court will not make a Reservation in the decree as to Barry’s Crop, as he might by his Answer to the Bill (had It been filed at the Court after the Bill was brought) have had his part of the Land ascertained by a Division and then only Cultivated his own—proof of his avowed design of keeping you out of your part, will do no harm, probably be of Service—I shall endeavour to get It tried as soon as possible & If I can get the division to be made upon a day not Interfering with my Attendance at some of my Courts, will most certainly be present.
I shall apply to the Doctor next Prince William Court for payment tho shall not expect It—If he shall refuse I think It will be Advisable to waite & Arrest him here.
I Observe your kind postscript. but as my being Appointed to the Office depends upon Mr Graysons leaving the Court & his leaving the Court (probably) upon his being a Representative, I am afraid that the Office is remote—and as Mr Randolp[h], has given his promise I immagine that another Application will not be necessary, however if you think It necessary you will please to do It—I heartily wish you a much better journey to the Capitol than I think you will have And am sir with great respect Yr much obliged Hble Servt

Rob. H: Harrison

P.S. As to the matter of Interest I dont know that the Court can in the present case make Barry pay It but I will Consider of It.


Title: To George Washington from Jonathan Boucher, 15 January 1772
From: Boucher, Jonathan
To: Washington, George

Dear Sir
Prince-George’s [Md.] 15th Janry 1772.

I now take the Liberty of enclosing to You Mr Custis’s Account for the Year & half that He has spent in Maryland. Undoubtedly, it makes a formidable Appearance, and, at first View, may go nigh to Scare You: I cannot, however, believe, that, when You come to descend to Particulars, You will think it very extravagant, unless it be in the Article of Clothes, which He got by your Permission. I should, indeed, except out of this Remark, the Charge of the Man, at whose House We boarded; the highest &

most unreasonable, I ever paid in my Life. I am firmly persuaded I never eat as many Dinners with Him, as He has charged Me pounds; and yet no Deduction could I obtain for two or three Months of the Time, that I was in Virginia, & nearly as much that Mr Custis was. You will believe, that I disputed it as long as I could, but Custom was against Me, & so, what could I do? There are, perhaps, some other Articles, a little in the Annapolitan Stile of charging: All I can say, is, that I have been as careful of his Interest, as my own; & if, after all, his Bill be very extravagant (for I have, of late, been so used to such, that I have almost Forgot what is a reasonable one) You will do Me the Justice to own, it is not From any Profits that have accrued to Me. As Many of these Bills are undischarged, & totally out of my Power to discharge, an Attention to his Credit, as well as my own, obliges Me to remind You, that, unless it should happen to be inconvenient to You, I shou’d be much pleas’d to have it in my Power immediately to pay Them off. For what is properly owing to myself, it will be particularly agreeable to Me to receive a Bill of Excha. on London, as I just about owe as much Money there, as I believe This will amount to. The State of Excha. here seems not to be nearly so determinate & fix’d as it is in Virginia: I enquir’d in Annapolis, last Week, solely for the Purpose of directing You in this Business; & tho’ I met with different Informations, the most general Account was, that They did Business there at 55, which, You will observe, I endeavour’d to attend to, in my Acct, in reducg Virga into Maryland Money, which, yet, after all, may not be right. The Money He yet owes, charged in my Acct, You will see, is about £76; the Rest I wish You to give Me a Bill for, which I reckon will be somewhat more than £50 Sterling. I fear, I am not a very exact Accountant, not having been much used to such Business; You will therefore do well not to rely altogether on my Calculations, without examining them, I trust, however, there are not any very material Errors—I must not forget to let you know, that He just now tells Me He owes a Silversmith an Acct, which, the Man being out of the Way, I could not get in, which He supposes may be 4 or 5£, & some other little scattering small Debts amounting, He fancies, to 30/ or 40/. If not disagreeable to You, I shou’d be glad these Accts cd be return’d, as I also am interested in some of Them. I have some others, not sent, in which Things that He had are charged

to Me, & which has cost Me no little Trouble to separate, & perhaps, after all my Pains, They are not quite exact. If it be necessary, You shou’d have These also, I will send Them. Some I doubt, I have lost; amongst which are L’Argeau’s & Dr Stevenson, if perchance I have not already transmitted Them to You. No Charge is made for his Education; and This not only because I was uneasy to see his Bill already run so very high, but also, because, as I have before intimated to You, my Attention to Him has not been so regular & constant, as that I could conscientiously make a Charge of it. For the coming Year, however, I purpose to charge Him ten, if not twenty Guineas; which lest you should consider as a Finesse, to make Me Amends for my Loss of the last Year, I mentioned to You, that I might at the same Time inform You, Mr Calvert had agreed to give me that Sum for his Son, but which, for the same Reason, I have not yet charged Him. I know full well your Sentiments of my Conduct last Year, & I honour You for Them: It is a Subject I ⟨like⟩ not to think on, still less to speak or write about. Could I have forseen ⟨how⟩ I shou’d live in Annaps, He never shou’d have gone there with Me: nor shou’d He have continued, but that I thought every Day, I shou’d certainly alter Things, & live to myself. The truth is, with many Demerits & Imperfections, I still love the Lad, & I cou’d not find in my Heart to part with Him, without an absolute Necessity. Thank God, it is now over; & tho’, with my Acquaintances & Connexions, I never can be a very diligent Preceptor, yet I doubt not soon to make Amends For all that is past. I have much Pleasure in informing You, that We all of us seem perfectly happy in our new Situation: it is quiet & comfortable, & I fondly hope, healthy. A cruel Something, as Prior says, is, however, still wanting—this House is none of mine: but, as I am now resolving in good Earnest to become frugal, I must comfort Myself with the Hope, that I soon shall be in a Capacity to get o⟨ne⟩ of my own.
Lord Baltimore is certainly dead. All that has hitherto been talk’d about his Will, is mere, random Guess-Work. There are, however, some pretty good Reasons to believe, that the Proprietaryship of this Province, & the most considerable Part of his immense Property in the Funds, are left to the Family of our Friend, Govr Eden. The will, suppos’d to be his last, was in

Naples where He dy’d, Septr 4th, after a Fever of three Days, & not transmitted to England, when the only Lr the Govr has yet recd from his Ldship’s Agent on this Subject, came away. Doubtless, this Event will give Birth to many little Revolutions, of Consequence to Us here. Most People I converse with seem anxious to have it confirm’d, that Mr Eden is Proprietor: Beyond all Question, it is the happiest Thing that can possibly befall the Province.
I enclose You some Proposals for a New Map of the Back parts of America. It was put into my Hands by a Friend from Philada, with a Request that I wou’d transmit it to You. Possibly, You know this L⟨mutilated⟩ Hutchins, & can guess whether He is likely to play Henry with You. I⟨f I⟩ thought there was any Chance of its being well executed, I should like to subscribe. Shou’d it fall in your Way to procure Him any Encouragement you will hand his Paper about; & if You return it to Me, I will take Care to have it properly transmitted to the Author. I beg my most respectful Compts to Mrs Washington, & Miss Custis, & am, Dr Sir, Yr most obedt & very Hble servt

Jonan Boucher


Title: From George Washington to Harry Piper, 27 January 1772
From: Washington, George
To: Piper, Harry

Dear Sir,
Mount Vernon Jany 27th 1772.

Inclos’d you have a letter for Mrs Savage & a Bill drawn upon James Gildart of Liverpool for £53. Sterling, being a balance in his hands, which you will please to remit as soon as possible for her use. If we are able to recover any part of her annuity from Doctor Savage, I shall lay claim to my money again & this is the reason of my passing it thro’ your hands; if not, I wish it may prove the means of relieving the old Lady from distress, who I believe has met with hard measure from the Doctor, from any one of the hardships she complains of in her letter. I am Dear Sir Your Most Obt Servt

G: Washington


Title: From George Washington to Margaret Savage, 27 January 1772
From: Washington, George
To: Savage, Margaret

Madam,
Mount Vernon 27th Jany 1772.

By your favour of the 8th of October wch is but just come to hand, I perceive you are still without any of my letters, notwithstanding I have wrote several times to you of late, and recently addressed a letter to you, to the care of Mr Dixon of Whitehaven; which letter (enclosing a copy of the one next before it) you certainly will get.
I am very sorry to inform you that your Affairs in this country, respecting the annuity of your bond are in a very unpromising way. In my last I acquainted you that we had been obliged to acquiesce under your power of Attorney to Mr Montgomerie, & had released the Bond of all demands against it till January 1771 upon Mr Montgomerie’s pledging his word (which in truth we had no right to exact) that he wou’d remit the money into your own hands: this he still says he fully intended to have done, but having no money of the Doctors in his possession at that juncture, the matter was delayed from time to time till the arrival of Savage, about the last of October, who has not only forewarned him from applying any part of the money that way, but from cancelling the receipts, as the power under which he acted, run, that he shou’d receive the money of the Trustee’s for his (that is Savage’s) use. In this predicament the matter rests, & I fear you have little to expect from the time past; but another years payment becoming due the first of this inst: Mr Fairfax & myself directed Mr Harrison (who is one of the most diligent & active Lawyers we have) to apply to the Doctor for it, & in case of refusal or evasion to put the Bond in Suit instantly; but as few of our Courts are in any great degree of forwardness, and as you express your want of an immediate supply; I have given Mr Piper a Draft upon a merchant in Liverpool for £53 Sterling, being a balance in his hands which I have a right to draw for, and

which I hope may serve to supply your present demands till we can receive a payment of the Annuity.
You need not be under the least apprehension of our giving up the Trust; for be assur’d that no art or address of the Doctrs will prevail upon me to relinquish the Bond. But with this assurance on my part let me request you to adhere steadily to your present appointment of Mr Piper, who is dispos’d to act, and in conjunction with ourselves will do you all the service he can, if you do not, by some unlucky acquiescence with the Doctors desires throw things into confusion again.
I am a very bad vehicle for the conveyance of news, otherwise I woud attempt to relate the occurances of the Neighbourhood, in which, however, no remarkable changes have happen’d, except the Death of Mr French which took place some time in May last, and the marriage of Mrs Johnston (the widow of George) with Augustus Dorrell which seems fraught with every evil that can possibly be dreaded from Drunkenness—Ill temper &ca. Mrs Fairfax of Belvoir has been in a declining state of health for some time, & is now far from well; Mrs Washington enjoys good health & offers her best wishes for happier days to you, as I sincerely do, being Madam Your very humble Servant

G: Washington


Title: From George Washington to James Gildart, 28 January 1772
From: Washington, George
To: Gildart, James

Sir
Mount Vernn 28th Jan: 1772

On the 12th of July last I drew upon you in favour of Mr John West Junr for One hundd pounds Sterlg—and on this day I

have drawn upon you again payable at Sight to Harry Piper for the further Sum of Fifty three pounds Sterlg which I doubt not you will pay as it is the Balle of the Account between you and Mr John P. Custis or (as it stands I believe upon your Books) the Estate of Danl Parke Custis Esqr. deceas’d. I am Sir Yr Very Hble Servt

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