Title: To George Washington from Robert Stewart, 5 November 1762
From: Stewart, Robert
To: Washington, George

My Dear Sir
Camp at Stanstid Novemr 5th 1762

Since parting with you I have view’d the Plan I laid before you with the closest attention, and the reasons for attempting the execution of it are so vastly corroborated by your approbation, that I am stimulated with the keenest fervour to essay the Success of the first essential step, previously necessary to my appearing at Head Quarters.
In the event of our dissolution as a Corps I am perfectly convinc’d that, that Friendship so often employ’d in my behalf is now exerting it’s best endeavours in accomplishing the primary Object, on which the Fate of my ulterior efforts must greatly depend—But should the Regt be kept up till the King’s pleasure relative to our being taken into His more immediate Pay can be knowen, do you think it impracticable for me to obtain the honr of bearing the Dispatches on that Subject to the Ministry? or if the first proposal is to be made at Head Quarters to go there, near which I think I have a Friend whose great Interest and powerfull Connections would render his good offices very prevailing, This expidient has occurr’d to me by a proposal made to me by severals of the Regt for Detaching an Officer to London to prosecute with that assiduity which the pleasing view of Promotion would leave no room to doubt, the most spirited perseverance in representing our Sufferings and Services—Should the War continue the Difficulties in raising new Regts and Recruitg those whose Effectives have been so much diminish’d by severe Service will be so great and the advantages resulting from taking a Regiment, rais’d tolerably Disciplin’d and already in America, must appear so strikingly obvious, that the Ministry would on a proper Representation probably go into it, as a Measure highly conducive to the Interest of the Service, and at the same Time give an opportunity of obliging perhaps some of the Great Families in Britain by making Feild Officers of some of their Sons, Brothers or near Relations who may now be Capts. in the Army, for ’tis certain that no Provincial Officer

will at once be exalted to the Rank of Feild Officer in the Service.
If Sir Jeffery should of himself take us into the Pay of the Crown I would immediately rejoin the Regt—At any rate it seems to be pretty certain that the Colony will not retain us much longer in their Pay But supposing that we are kept up for the Winter I appeal to you or any other Military Judge whether the absence of Lt Colo. in Winter Quarts. can be of any prejudice to the Service? If it cannot, if our standing even for that Time is doubtfull, if my going to London properly recommended may be of Service to the Corps in case the war continues and at all Events be of Service to myself, all which is very probable, I would fain hope the Governor may be prevail’d upon to honr me with his Letters to the Secretary of State; I can assure you that my being absent on this Service would be so infinitly remote from giving any umbrage to the Officers that many of them earnestly desire it—As my going to the Metropolis this Winter (where I think I could thro’ the means of the Earles of Bute and Loudon and some others of distinction in the army and about Court form a tolerable Interest) is of the utmost Importance to me, I doubt not but you’ll be readily induc’d to forgive my anxious sollicitude about this most Interesting and decisive affair on the Success of which, in all human probability will greatly depend my future welfare or Misery, and will certainly be my derniere resource for making a vigorous push in the Military, on which, my heart is so much set—In the happy Event of your Succeeding, I would be extremely glad to receive the Letters open or under flying Seals that the General may be the more easily prevail’d on—and that no Time may be lost McNeil or Weedon will immediately send a Servant or an Express with them. May Heaven Bless you my dear Colonel and amply reward you for your steady and vivid Regard for Your Truely Gratefull & mo: Affecte

Robert Stewart

allow me to remind you of the Bearer’s affair, as you know him to be anceint & Faithfull Servant to the Colony.

P.S. If you can possibly procure the Governs. Letters I would be glad to receive some kind of Certificate from you specifying the Time I have been under your Command and my Behaviour during that Time & Be so good as to make my Complimts to

Colo. Byrd for a Letter of the same kind while he Commanded the Regt which I cannot imagine he will deem any great Favour, and am perswaded that Genl Gage will not hesitate to write nor will Genl Monckton I’m pretty certain as well as severals of Rank in America—in fine I am resolv’d to spare no pains nor leave nothing unessay’d that yeild even the most distant chance of promoting the Success of my Plann.


Title: From George Washington to Robert Cary & Company, 15 November 1762
From: Washington, George
To: Robert Cary & Company

Gentn
Williamsburg 15th Novr 1762.

As I got to this place after the Fleet Sailed I am obliged to make use of a Scotch Ship bound to Glasgow to forward the Inclosed Invoices for Goods, which please to send, and charge as there directed.
I am left in a very odd Situation in regard to the Tobacco which I kept for, and expected had gone in the Lætitia—many oppertunities I refused of putting it on board other Ships that offered liberty of Consignment because I woud not be instrumental

tho. but in a small degree towards the disappointment of the Vessel you might send to us, and now Captn Hammond is not only gone without it (after I have directed Insurance to be made, and actually saw the Tobo put into Craft wch Collo. Lee sent up for it) but I do not even know what is become of the Tobacco, for Collo. Lee who seemed to take upon himself the management of these matters is not yet come to Town and I have only bare report for his having put it on board of some other Ship—But what Ship—and whether She went with Convoy, or is yet in the Country I am a stranger to. This matter carries evident Marks of ill usage however, but on whom to fix the blame I am as yet, a little at a loss to determine—time may shew.
I find my own Crops, and those of my Ward on this River something better than I was given to expt and hope the Tobacco, what there is of it, will proove exceeding good this year; but my Tobo on Potomack as formerly mentioned will fall greatly short of the usual Quantity. I was not a little surprized to find, upon coming to this place, that there was nothing in the Report of the Unity’s putting back by distress of Weather, as I had informed you in two or three Letters—The advice of her doing so came to me through such a Channel, that I coud not conceive a possibility of doubting it—and therefore gave you the earliest notice I coud of it. I shall expect soon to hear what has become of that Tobacco, and to get the Sales of all such as was Shipped last year.
I have drawn upon you (the 9th Instt) for Twenty pounds Sterling, payable to Mr Walter Magowan Tutor to Master and Miss Custis, which Sum is to be paid by the Children equally—and to them respectively charged. I am Gentn Yr Mo. Obedt Hble Servt.

Go: Washington


Title: Enclosure: Invoices to Robert Cary & Company, 15 November 1762
From: Washington, George
To: Robert Cary & Company

[Mount Vernon] 15th Novr 1762.

Invoice of Sundry Goods to be sent by Robert Cary Esqr. and Company for the use of George Washington—Virga
 5 pieces best Oznabrigs 2 pieces best Welch Cotton 3 dozn pair largest & best plaid hose 3 dozn pair midling Ditto 6 lb. Shoe thread 20 lb. brown thread 3 lb. coloured Ditto 6 groce common horn buttons As much light Cloth coloured Shag as will make 4 Suits of Cloaths for Servants together with red Shalloon for Lining and trimmings of all sorts except Buttons which I have 1 Groce plain silvered brest Buttons; only one dozn instead of one groce was sent last year—let them have Shanks instead of Cat Gut 1 Postilian Cap—best kind & smal
 6 pair course Wool Cards 12 Course Sifters 2 very fine ditto 100 fathom of leadg Line 200 ditto of large Log Line 2 pair Quern, or hand Millstones 4 Wheat Sieves 1 Groce long Pipes 1 Cask Commn Sale Do 2 dozn Reap. hooks
 1 piece of fine Cambrick @£5 1 piece of fine Ditto @£4 2 ps. Irish Linnen @1/6 2 ps. ditto @1/ 1 ps. of fine & handsome Chintz 1 ps. of Superfine Callico 1 dozn fine Cambk Pocket Handfs 1 ps. fine Long Lawn 2 Suits of head Cloaths wt. Ruffles handfs &ca—to be made plain of very fine Book Muslin 1 plain Muslin Apron 2 fashe Net Caps 1 fine net handf without Lace
 6 Skeleton Wires 1 piece of Corded Dimothy 3 handsome Egrets 1 White Satten Bonnet 1 ps. broad white Sattin Ribbon 1 ps. narrow black Satten Ditto 1 ps. fashe coloured Do 1 ps. black Silk binding 1 ps. black worsted ditto 1 ps. black Ribbon for the hair 1 ps. finest gartering 3 knots & breast knots 1 ps. of the very best Stock Tape to be quite plain or Ribd only 4 ps. Diaper Tape fit for bindg 3 ps. narrow Do 1 lb. fine Nuns thread sorted

 1 Neat paper Snuff Box—lined with tortoise Shell 4 Bottles Westerns best Snuff not high Toasted
 2 pr Womens most fashe col[ore]d Silk Shoes—to be made large 4s & a little wider than those sent last year 2 pair black everlasting Do Do 1 pr neatest & best small Scissrs 1 pr ditto ditto larger 1 dozn pr Womens kid Mitts 3 pr ditto Sattin Ditto  6 pr Ditto kid Gloves—all to be packed in flanl 6 lb. hair powder—not perfumed
 [From] Mr Didsbury 2 pr Mens very neat Pumps 4 pr ditto Shoes 2 pr Shoe Slippers 6 pr strong Shoes made on my Last for Servants
 3 pr Mens best white Silk hose 3 pr superfine Cotton Ditto 6 pr best bro: thrd 4 thrd Do 12 pr fine & 12 pr course—W. Ditto Do 12 pr course worsted Ditto all to be large 6 pair Mens best riding Gloves of good Buck. & Tand Leathr with Stitched Tops—to be large & long fingered 1 Groce Silk Lashes—for Ridg Whp
 1 Box best cut & dryed Tobo 12 loaves dble refind Sugar 1 Jarr best Raisons—those sent last year were good for nothing 1 Jarr Currants 25 lb. Salt Petre 1 Bushl Almonds in the Shell 6 lb. best white Ginger 6 lb. Pearle Barley 6 lb. Sago 1 lb. Mace  1 lb. Nutts 10 lb. Starch 6 lb. finest Hyson Tea 6 lb. best flour of Mustard—we commonly have exceedg bad sent
 1 large Tin Cannister to contain 3 Bushls—wide Mouth & close Top 1 large Tin Sugar Box 1 block Tinn Coffee Pot 2 dozn most fashe wine glasses ½ dozn ditto Beer Ditto  1 Cheshire Cheese of about 40 lb. 50 lb. Crown Soap 20 Groce of Corks
 2 Bottles pick[le]d Walnuts, 2 ditto India Mangos, 6 ditto French Olives, 2 ditto Anchovies, 2 ditto Capers—to be put in strg Potte Bo⟨t⟩. & packd in Ha[mpers] the Pickles sent last yr were very bad
 1 Cask Bottled Porter—to be packed in Shavings—last year it was not & therefore lost 3 Galls. Rhenish wine [and] 2 galls. Canary Ditto in pint B:
 ½ dozn large Tin Milk pans ½ dozn smaller Ditto 12 dozn Earthn Do—midlg size & not Deep 22 yds Floor Matting 12 largest & best padlocks—difft Keyes 6 best Meadow Scythes 6 dozn Scythe Stones 6 large hair Brooms 1 long ditto for Cornish & Ceilg 6 Mops 1 large dry rubbing Brush wt. a

  thick Lead on the Top 2 dozn Bird Pots 6 dozn cheapest Butcher knives for cuttg Tobo 1 Hay knife for cuttg Hay
 1 Keg white Lead ground in Oyl 1 Barrl FF Gunpowder 20 lb. sml goose Shott 50 lb. largest Bristl Drop 100 lb. Drop No. 3 100 lb. Ditto No. 4 6 Gunskrews—such as are commonly fixd to the end of Ramrods
 6 Mahagony Waiters—viz. 2 of abt 12 In. Diameter 2 of 9 In. Ditto 2 of 6 In. Ditto
 4 fashe Labels for Wine Bottles viz. for Claret Port Madeira Lisbon 6 handsome Wine Decanters
 2 Rheams of best 4to cut writg Papr 12 papers Ink powder 1 large Box Wafers 1 dozn best blackg Balls
 Smallets History of England newest Edition Dodsley’s Annuel Register—from the Beging to the prest year Inclusive Dodsleys Gentns Memm Book for 1763 Ladies Memm Book for Do
 25 M 8d. Nails 25 M 10d. Ditto 1 small paper of brass Tacks for putting on the furniture of Doors Desks &ca 10 smal Barrls Lamp Black 500 best Kirbyhooks—sorted from a sml Perch to a large Cod A Fishing Case for the Pocket—properly furnished with Line &ca 100 lb. of new and good Clover Seed—to be bought by the Captn of the Farmers about Portsmouth—or it is an even ch[anc]e to be bad
 1 dozn Chalk Lines of the largest kind 2 dozn course Smiths Files 6 large & strong Gouges One 3½ Inch Cornish pln & be[e]d Mold 1 Plow & 4 Irons to Ditto 1 Jack Raising Plain 1 Inch Ogee 1¾ Inch Ditto 1½ Inch Ditto 2 Beed Plains viz. 1 ⅝ & one ½ Inch 1 Tenant Saw [and] 1 Compass Do—2 dozn files prr. for Do  6 Mortising Chissels 6 Firmers 6 Gouges 1 Skew Rabbit Plain 1 Square Ditto 2 Moving Philisters 1 dozn Jack Plain Irons 1 dozn smoothing plain Iron’s
 1 pint Spirits Hartshorn ¼ lb. Ipecacuana powdered 1 lb. Venice Treacle 2 lb. Diascordium 1 lb. Ointment Marsh Mallows ½ lb. Jallop powdered ½ lb. Rhubarb 4 lb. Bird Lyme 2 lb. Blistering Plaister 2 lb. Mellitot 1 lb. Spirma Citi 1 lb. Manna 2 Quarts strong Cinna. Water 1 lb. Salt of Hartshorne 4 lb. Spirits of Turpentine 2 lb. Allum 4 Oz. Spirits Nitre a dulcis 4 Oz. Conserve Rose  5 Oz. Tincture of Castor 1 lb. Camomile flowers 1 pint Aq. Mirabilis ½ lb.

  Ethiops Mineral 1 lb. Cream of Tarter prepared 1 groce Phial Corks
 One very full and complt Sett of Table China 2 dozn Table Knives & 2 dozn Forks with China handles to suit ditto 2 dozn small desert Knives, & 2 dozn Forks to Ditto 2 dozn small Desert Silver Spoons with my Crest, as Inclosed 14 Table ditto—with Ditto Note—these 14 is to make up a broken sett, already on hand, 2 doz: therefore let their be conveniences to contain the whole 2 dozn and have the whole knives, Forks, and Spoons (allowing for the 10 here) properly disposed of in neat Mahagony Cases for decorating a side board
 4 Silver Bobs for Servants 3 funnels different Sizes 2 Smiths Screw plates—a large one & a small one 5 lb. of the best Turnip Seed 6 Curry Combs & Brushes 1 pr very small Toopee Irons for h[air].

Go: Washington
Invoice of Sundry Goods to be sent by Robert Cary Esqr. & Co. to Mr Joseph Valentine York River, for the use of George Washington, to whom they must be chargd.
November 15th 1762
150 Yards best Cotton—150 Ells Oznabrigs—2 dozn pair large and good pld hose—1 dozn broad hose—1 dozn narrow Ditto—1 dozn narrow axes—10 M 6d. Nails.
Go: Washington


Title: To George Washington from Capel and Osgood Hanbury, 1 December 1762 [letter not found]
From: Capel & Osgood Hanbury
To: Washington, George

Letter not found: from Capel and Osgood Hanbury, 1 Dec. 1762. On 26 April 1763 GW wrote to Capel and Osgood Hanbury: “Your favours of the . . . first of December now lye before me.”


Title: To George Washington from Robert Cary & Co., 4 December 1762 [letter not found]
From: Robert Cary & Company
To: Washington, George

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


Title: To George Washington from Robert Stewart, 14 December 1762
From: Stewart, Robert
To: Washington, George

My Dear Collo.
Lewis’s Plantation Decemr 14th 1762

I a few days ago had the pleasure to receive your obliging favour from Hoe’s Ferry and am under the greatest concern for the return of your Ladys Indisposition, I would fain hope that

the skill of the Faculty, your return and the excellent Weather will effect her recovery and perfectly re establish her Health an accot of which would afford me immense Joy—After rect of yours I lost no Time in endeavouring to procure some of the Disbanded Soldiers to undertake your work in the manner you mention but so intoxicated were they with their temporary Liberty and the enjoyment of a few Shillings they had just recd & which they were squandering in riot and Drunkenness that they were quite deaff to all proposals of that nature Mr Lewis whose Plantation is within 1½ Mile of the Ground on which we were encamp’t could not for double Price prevail upon any of them to get a few Rails of which he was in great want, they swore they would not strike a stroke for any man till they should partake of the Christmass Frolicks, and then perhaps some of them would call upon you, however I with some difficulty prevaild upon the Bearer Allen (who has been at Redstone Creek ever since Campaign 59) to wait upon you, in order to view the Ground in your Garden and propose the Terms upon wch he will Serve you in Quality of Gardr But with this Preliminary article of not Settling till after the approaching Holy days.
I yesterday Evening by Mr Posey recd your extreme kind favour from Williamsburgh and am really at loss for words to convey adequate Ideas of that pure Regard & genuine Gratitude your firm and uninterrupted Goodness has indelibly impress’d in my heart which is replete and will ever flow with the warmest Sentiments of the most exalted Esteem for you my best of Friends & dearest of acquaintances, Your own Letter is drest in that Stile and exhibits that ease candour and energy that clearly evinces it’s proceeding immediately from the heart and is perfectly adapted to answ⟨er⟩ the Intention in the most efficacious manner—There are two Expressions in the Governs. which I apprehend must take of the force and in a great measure destroy the end of a Recommendation But as you Justly observe the Peace which will probably be concluded before I can make use of it will render every effort of this Nature ineffectual.
You no doubt have heard that the Assembly has given each Feild Officer £100—each Capt. 75 & each Sub: £50 for the Expence they were at in Feild Equipage & given all Six Months Pay—that they are to address the Throne in our Behalf & to

grant a Sum to defray the Expence of the Officers that may be appointed to present the address. Public rewards of Military Services conferr’d in so ingenteel a manner must in future wars be productive of the most happy consequences—I am told that B——t according to his wonted modesty deems himself a proper person to present the address—for my part tho’ I had previously determin’d on going home, yet a conscious inability of conducting myself with that propriety and address the representative of a Corps should display deterr’d me from dropping the most distant hint even to my greatest Intimates in the Regimt—So many favourable Circumstances must concur to attract the notice of the Great so many difficulties to be encounter’d which I fear a Peace will make quite insuperable and have no glimmering Ray of hope for getting any thing done for the whole—Major McNeill is daily expected with the Cash whenever he arrives I will set out for Head Quarters & will soon be able to determine whether I shall continue a Soldier or recommence Mohair, in the Event of a Peace, I think the latter will be the most eligible as then in the Military way even hope the unfortunate’s last comfort will be cut off—I beleive I need not say with how much reluctance I must leave the Country without enjoying even a single hour’s Conversation with him I of all others esteem the most[.] to prevent this misfortune, I as long as I possibly could carefully avoided going to Fredericksbg at length Colo. S[tephen]s illness at disbanding of the Regt indispensably requir’d my going over 2 or 3 Times therefore would not run the most distant risque of a mere possibility of conveying the Infection to any of that Family whose happiness will ever be dear to me—God knows my dear Colo. if ever we shall meet again but this I am absolutely certain off that the longest absence will not diminish that pure Affection & superlative regard I have for you & I am too well acquainted with the warmth of your Heart & the sincerity of your Friendship to imagine that the one can ever cool or the other abate—May Heaven Bless you & Mrs Washington with Health & everything else you desire or may be necessary in completing yr Felicity an accot of wch especially from yourself will always an essential part of his who will ever remain with Supreme Esteem My Dear Sir Your Truely Affecte Gratefull & mo: Obliged Servt.

Robert Stewart

this Paper is so greacy that I fear you will hardly make out what is wrote on it.


Title: Memorandum Division of Slaves, 1762
From: Washington, George
To:

[1762]

Auge Washington
George Washington
Saml Washington
John Washington
Charles Washington

Roger
£ 60
Kate
£ 50
James
£ 60
Nan
£ 35
Dublin
£ 60

Phillis
50
George
40
Charles
30
Belinda 5 yrs old
20
Grace
£ 50

Doll
30
Maria
20
Lydia
30
Milly 4 Do
15

£110

£140
Kates 1st Child
13

£120
Boson 1 Do
12

Ditto 2d Ditto
10

Sue
25

£133

£107


Title: Memorandum List of Quitrents, 1762
From: Washington, George
To:

[1762]

A List of Lands for which I paid Quit-Rents due Michaelmas—1762

In King George County viz.
1250 Acres

Frederick Do taken up
760

Ditto
453

bot of Johnston
552

Do of McCraken
 550

2315

Hampshire Do
240

Fairfax Mt Vernon
2126

bot of Darrel
500

Do of Clifton
1806

4432

8237—paid for last yr
£10. 5.11 1/4

Fairfax Contd

bot of Brent
238

Do of Wm Ashford
135

Do of Geo: Ashford
 135

 508 to be added.
   .12. 8 1/4

Total amount

8745 Acres @ 2/6
£10.18. 7 1/2

July 19th 1763—Then Received from George Washington the Currt Sum of Ten pounds eighteen Shillings and Seven pence half penny in full for Quit Rents of the above Lands untill Michaelmas 1762.

⅌ Tn Ellzey


Title: From George Washington to a Participant in the Potomac River Enterprise, 1762
From: Washington, George
To: Participant in the Potomac River Enterprise

Sir,
[c.1762]

At your request I hav⟨e mutilated⟩ / my Papers, & found the remarks/ ⟨mutilated⟩ for the Remarks I made upon the Navigation of Potomack in the year 1754 & found the copy ⟨mutilated⟩ a Letter which I wrote to a gentn of our Assembly / in Aug. 1754/ at that time. the followg is an extract thereof.
Sir,
Your desire & my /own/ curiosity together /engaged/ excited me the last time when last I was in Frederick to explore the Navigation of Potomack /downwards/ and the followg observations I made in My passage down it.
From the Mouth of Patersons Creek to the Shannondoah Falls /are no/ you encounter no other obstacles but shallow Water (in places, & this only at certain Seasons) /to encounter/. but from hence there is Rocky, Swift & consequently uneven Water for near Six Miles in which distance there are 4 falls. the first /of which is tolerable clear of Rocks/ is shallow & pretty clear of Rocks /but very capable of relief/ wch may be avoided by opening a Channel on the Maryland side—Abt 2 Miles from this & half a one below the Mouth of Shanh lyes what is commonly called the Spout wch indeed is the principal /difficulty commonly called the Spout/ and /indeed/ I might almost add the only difficulty of the whole. The Water here is confined to narrow bounds & having a pretty considerable fall at the same time shoots thro. with great rapidity—the risk of passing this sluce is somewhat Increased by the Rockyness of the bottom which occasioning dry uneven surface. Subjects small Vessels to the danger of filling—I passed it in a Canoe & was near sinkg here may likewise be had a passage on the Maryland Shore thro. wch Vessells with ease may be hauled up. after removing some Rocks at a moderate expence—One of the other two Falls is swift & ugly not much unlike the last. but when the River is

swelled beyond its usual bounds might (or I believe in any other than this dry Season) a passage is to be had /round a small/ between a small Island & the North Main /on the North Side/ which passage may be greatly Improvd. /Abt/ Eight miles lower /down/ is another fall, but very easy & passable and at the end of two Miles /further/ more is a cluster of small Islands with numberless Rocks & rapid Water, which renders the Passage somewhat in its prest state precarious—From hence to the Seneca Falls /is ⟨mutilated⟩/ a fine water scar[c]e any perceptable Fall. The Seneca fall is ⟨mutilated⟩ed in two places & Canoes may now proceed within 2 miles of the g⟨mutilated⟩ther it is not practacable till great alterations are made.
These Sir are the Observns ⟨mutilated⟩ year 1754 when I hoped (upon /examination/) seeing the Practicability of the thing that the expediency ⟨mutilated⟩ this Com⟨ns⟩ woud have been attended to /in the practicable light I beheld/ & that ⟨mutilated⟩ our future operations, wd have been conducted /thro. this Chanl I/ ⟨mutilated⟩ /cant charge my Mem[or]y/ in this most ⟨rational⟩ or pointed manner but Genl Bradks ⟨mutilated⟩ late coming in Spring 1755 & hurry of business /when he did come/ ⟨illegible⟩ immediately upon his arrival allowed no time for ⟨mutilated⟩ attempts of this sort. & afterwards our affairs as everybody knows took /a very different/ quite another turn. & was ⟨conducted⟩ from a very difft Quarter cannot charge my Memory with any ⟨mutilated⟩ further knowledge ⟨b⟩ut you are welcome to make what use you ⟨mutilated⟩ please of the Informn.


Title: Cash Accounts, January 1763
From: Washington, George
To:

[January 1763]

Cash

Jany  3—
To Cash for Salt 7/6—Do for 2 Bushls 10/
£ 0.17. 6

17—
To Balle Acct of Mr Saml Johnston
4.13.11 1/2

23—
To Mr [Daniel] French for Smiths Work
0.10. 0

25—
To Cash stopped in my hands for Security agt Milky Pearson’s Claim of Dower
60. 0. 0

25—
To Cash of Mr Humphrey Peake
11. 2. 7

Contra

By Cash paid Vale Crawford—Balle Acct
7. 7. 2 3/4

Jany  7—
By Exps. at [Richard] Colemans 6/9—gave hisboy 2/6
0. 9. 3

By ditto at old Ct Ho. 2/6 Ditto at Leesburg5/
0. 7. 6

10—
By Edwd Violette for Corn &ca
10. 7. 9

12—
By Stephenson’s daughter 5/ Exps. at Leesbg11/6
0.16. 6

13—
By Shoeing Horse 2/6—stuffing Sadle 2/
0. 4. 6

18—
By Mr Jos. Watson for 5 Lottery Tickets
5. 0. 0

By dinnr at Mrs [Mercy] Chews 2/6–5 bushlsRye 12/6
0.15. 0

20—
By Iron of Mr Semple—pd Wm Stone
30. 3. 4

25—
By Mrs Brasenton laying two Women
1. 0. 0

By Mrs Washington 1/6—By Servts 3/6
0. 5. 0


Title: Agreement with Christopher Hardwick, 22 January 1763
From: Washington, George,Hardwick, Christopher
To:

[22 January 1763]

Articles of Agreement made and Indented this Twenty Second day of January In the year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred and Sixty three between George Washington of Fairfax County and Colony of Virginia Esqr. of the one part and Christopher Hardwick of the County of Frederick and colony aforesaid Planter of the other part Witnesseth that the said George Washington is hereby obliged to furnish and provide four good Negroe Slaves to wit two Men and two Women three of which to be purchased in the course of the ensueing Summer from some Guinea Ship and also if this Scheme succeeds well two more out of the profits and to settle them on a piece of Land whereof the said George is possessed in Hampshire County lying on Potomack River between the Mouths of Great Cacapehon and little Cacapehon containing by patent Two hundred and Forty Acres and to Erect such convenient and necessary Buildings thereon as shall be requisite to the design and to Stock the said Plantation so soon as sufficient Provision is made for their support in the following manner that is to say with four Breeding Mares Twenty head of Neat Cattle Ten Sheep four Breeding Sows and to commit the said Negroes and Stock of every kind to the immediate care and management of the said Christopher Hardwick as also if this Scheme succeeds well two more hands to be purchased out of the profits but under the express Limitations and provisos hereafter particularly mentioned and the said Christopher Hardwick in consideration thereof doth by these presents oblige himself his Heirs &ca to lodge in the hands of the said George Washington his Heirs &ca on or before the first day of January next a certain Sum of money sufficient for the purchase of one half the Negroes and Stock defraying the Expences of Building (except one Tobacco and a dwelling House which is to be erected wholely at the costs of the said George Washington) laying in Tools Cloathing for Negroes and in short for Incident charges of every nature & kind whatsoever and the said Christopher Hardwick is to repair to and settle immediately on the said Land with the Negroe now delivered to him (which Negroe is to be received and reckoned one of the four abovementioned) and to use the utmost diligence

to prepare in the best manner imaginable for the reception of the others he also obligeth himself firmly by these presents to exert his true endeavours to raise as much Tobacco Hemp or whatever else shall be agreed upon between him and the said George Washington as the year Seasons and circumstances will allow of and to practice the most effectual and careful methods to Increase the different Species of Stock that a profit may follow from the Sales thereof and the said Christopher Hardwick is hereby expressly prohibited from selling any thing of what kind soever without the leave and consent of the said George Washington which belongeth to the said Plantation and he doth further agree that whatever part or Moiety of the Tobacco falling to his share shall be allowed for by the said George Washington (who is to receive the whole) at the currt Cash price which that Commodity bears at Alexandria at Market time and the said Christopher doth hereby engage to exert his best Skill and endeavours to make the Tobacco neat, ⟨c⟩lean and Merchantable He likewise engages to use the greatest frugality and caution in all his proceedings to expend no money but on unavoidable occasions and to live and Act as much within himself as possible and the said George Washington and Christopher Hardwick doth Covenant and agree to and with the other that the Partnership by these presents entered into between them shall remain and be for and during the full time and Term of Ten years to commence from the first of January one thousand Seven hundred and Sixty four provided it appears that the said Christopher during that time conforms to the Articles of this agreement and by an honest sober and Industrious care pursues such measures as shall tend to the common Interest of both but if ever it shall be found that he grows sottish and negligent or guilty of any Mal practices it shall then be in the power of the said George to dissolve it immediately and to recover damages according to the nature of the Offence and the said George Washington and Christopher Hardwick doth also Covenant and agree to & with the other that at the expiration of said Term or time of Ten years or otherwise as the case may be the said Negroes Stock and Utensils of every kind shall be divided between them both but the Land and Appurtenances belonging shall be left in good and Tenantable repair by the said Christopher and revert to the Sole and only use of the said

George his Heirs &ca and Lastly the said George Washington and Christopher Hardwick doth further Covenant and agree by these presents that the whole expence of purchasing Negroes, Cloathing of them buying Stock Tools &ca together with the charges of Building (except as before excepted) and Improving the said Land bringing Tobacco Hemp Grain Beef Porke Butter and other Things to Market shall be borne in equal proportion between them during the continuance of this partnership and that in case of the Demise of the said Christopher before the end of the said term that then the Partnership is to dissolve of course In Witness whereof the Partys have interchangeably set their hands and Seals and enterd into Bonds for performance of Covenants the day and year first above written. Signed Sealed & Delivered In the presence of

Walter Magowan
Go: Washington

Thos Bishop
Christopher Hardwick

Know all Men by these presents that I Christopher Hardwick of the County of Frederick and Colony of Virginia Planter am held and firmly bound unto the said George Washington of the County of Fairfax and Colony aforesaid in the full and just Sum of Five hundred pounds Current Money of Virginia to the payment whereof well and truely to be made to the said George Washington his heirs Executors &ca I do bind myself my Heirs Executors and Administrators firmly by these presents this 22d day of January Anno Domini One thousand Seven hundred and Sixty three.
The condition of the above Bond is such that if the above bound Christopher his Heirs Executors or Administrators shall well and truely fulfill or cause to be fulfilled all and Singular the Covenants expressed and required on the part and behalf of him the said Christopher in the Articles of agreement hereunto annexed then the above Obligation to be void otherwise to remain and be in full force power and Virtue in Law.

Signed Sealed & Delivered
Christopher Hardwick

In presence of

Walter Magowan

Thos Bishop


Title: Cash Accounts, February 1763
From: Washington, George
To:

[February 1763]

Cash

Feby 15—
To Ditto [cash] of Captn Posey
£26. 0.0

To Ditto of Do on Acct Captn Hanson Marshall
4. 0.0

Contra

Feby 15—
By Doctr [James] Lauries Acct in full: none since Jany
32.10.0

18—
By taking up a stray horse
0.15.0

22—
By Mrs Washington 40/—Gave Servts 2/6
2. 2.6

28—
By 1 Hat of my Bror Chs Washington
2. 0.0


Title: Cash Accounts, March 1763
From: Washington, George
To:

[March 1763]

Cash

Mar. 7—
To Ditto of Mr [Charles] Green
£10. 0.0

14—
To Ditto of Mr Bell for Cart Wheels
5. 0.0

16—
To Robt Alexander for Balle of Bond
3. 0.0

26—
To Mr [Thomas Hanson] Marshall for Balle ofAcct from C: [John] Posey
5.15.7 1/2

Contra

Mar: 5—
By 706 Bushl Oyster shells @18/
6. 7.0

By Saml Moxley for Wheat
11.11.4

16—
By Mrs Washington 3/—By Mr [Bryan] Fairfax£7
7. 3.0

26—
By 10 Bushl of Oysters 10/—Gerrd Bowling30/
2. 0.0


Title: To George Washington from Robert Stewart, 2 March 1763
From: Stewart, Robert
To: Washington, George

My Dear Colo.
New York March 2d 1763

On the 18th of Janry I did myself the pleasure to write you a long Letter from hence, which by Post I sent under Cover to Mr Ramsay at Alexandria, and which I hope has long since got to hand, In that I inform’d you of the Plann I had form’d for my Promotion, the encouragement I met with and the high probability there was of Success; for sometime thereafter my affairs under the auspices of Genl Monckton wore a very promising aspect, and the different Steps previously necessary and leading to the commencement of my Operations were by his good Offices so far effected that I would have been ready to have embark’d with the first Packet when the dire accots of the Cessation Thunder’d on my disconcerted Mind and at once annihilated

my Plann and Blasted my well grounded hopes, an event the more alarming to me as at that Juncture it was so unexpected that the most sagacious here made no doubt of our Serving at least another Campaign, which would have done for me, But as dispondency can be of no Service and is often the mark of a weak mind, I would be willing like the drowning man to exert the remains of my enfeebled Strength in strugling against the stream of adversity and as I foresaw the impossibility of getting any thing done for me here I persever’d in the resolution I had taken of going home where I am told I shall have a much better chance to Purchass a Compy or if that should fail a Civil Employment, But my leave of absence has for various assign’d reasons been put off from Time to Time tho’ that Genl M[onckto]n applied in person no less than three different Times—By my long detention here (where I am Subjected to an inevitable Expence I can very ill bear) I have not only lost perhaps the best oppy for applying at home but lost an oppy of embarking in a Commercial Scheme which my Mercantile Friends had a considerable Time ago concerted, and which I was either to have enter’d on or declin’d by the 1st of last Febry You may perhaps think I ought to have Sold out or Resign’d—the 1st impossible as none will Buy in the Americans till their Fate is knowen and as to the 2d when you consider that what I expect for my Lieuty must constitute a very considerable part of the Pittance I have to depend on, Im perswaded you will think that a measure repugnant to Prudence, so that I am oblig’d to make a Virtue of a necessity & wait with Patience—I am assur’d that the next Packet (which is daily expected[)] will bring Orders for the arrangement of the Troops &Ca & that I then will most certainly go home, where I will too probably stand in great need of that aid which you have often been Pleas’d to offer with that Polite candour and sincere warmth peculiar to genuine Freindship, which I with the less difficulty prevail upon myself to use as all Danger of Death (except in the common way) is now over & consequently yeilds me a much fairer Prospect of reimbursing you than I had in the war—But as I am not certain that I shall have occasion for it the Favour I would now Beg is that you would be so good as to give me a Letter of Credit upon your Correspondent in London for Four Hundred Pounds Sterling in case I should want it, You may probably be surpris’d at my

now applying for more than I did 3 years ago, to remove which, I will only inform you that Capt. Wood one of Genl Mn’s aid de Camps who arriv’d from London a few Days ago says that the Price of Compys rose £500 before he came away and this you may absolutely rely on, that I will take up as little as I can upon your Letter & that no Expedient consistent with honr will [be] left unessay’d to Pay you as soon as possible, But as all human affairs are precarious I would likewise beg that the Sum I may Draw upon you for may be so enter’d in your Books that in the Event of your Death (which I pray Heaven may long prevent) your Heirs would not have it in their Power to distress me, One Copy of the Letter of Credit to be sent by first Ship from Virginia under Cover to me Directed agreeable to my last or to the Care of Messrs Richard Oswald & Compy Merchts in London, another Copy under Cover to me here and to be forwarded by Mr Beverly Robinson, by first Packet—I will not attempt to Trouble you with appologizing for this freedom as I so perfectly know your Sentiments for which I hope Heaven will reward you & enable me to prove worthy of it.
I am perswaded it will give you pleasure to know that your old Acqua[intan]ce Governor Morris is appointed Govr of No. Carolina—It is conjectur’d here that the Commander In Chief will visit Virginia this Spring Not a word of News here—I hope to have the extreme pleasure of hearing from you before I’m long in London—I beg my most obliging & Respectfull Complemts to your Lady & Family & ever am with Superlative Regard My Dear Sir Your Most Affecte & mo: Obliged hble Servt

Robert Stewart


Title: To George Washington from Capel & Osgood Hanbury, 28 March 1763
From: Capel & Osgood Hanbury
To: Washington, George

Esteemd Friend
London March 28, 1763

wrote thee ⅌ the Randolph to wch refer since that we have not had the pleasure of one line from thee: and it gives us concern the not having one Hd Tobacco from thee for some Years past, hope it will not be the case again this Year & that ⅌ Capt. Esten we shall receive some fine Tobacco from thee & then we doubt not of geting as good price for it. We are yet without any proof of the Speakers Tobacco on board the Deliverance consequently the loss remains unadjusted and must remain so untill Bills of Ladeing or an attestd Certificate is sent us. This Summer we intend to forward our friends Accots Current & are wth Esteem Thy Assurd Friends

C. & O. Hanbury


Title: Cash Accounts, April 1763
From: Washington, George
To:

[April 1763]

Cash

Apl  8—
To Captn McCarty Balle of Accts £ 5.18.2

16—
To Cash of Mrs Washington

0. 1.3

27—
To Ditto of Mr Jos[ep]h Valentine

150. 0.0

To Ditto of Do for Intt

of Wm Dandridges Bo[n]d
22. os. 5d.

of Fr[anci]s Foster
25.

of Captn [Thomas] Dansie
7.12.
54.12.5

28—
To Cash of Collo. Bird for Rent

40. 0.0

30—
To Do Recd of Collo. Nathl Burwell on Acct of Bowlers Judgmt £66.18.4

Do of Mr E[dmund] Pendleton on Acct of Do 121.9.10
188. 8.2

To Cash of Dr [James] Carter Int. of Mrs [Joanna] McKensies Bd 10.16.

To Ditto of Mr P[hilip Whitehead] Claiborne for Int. 14.
24.16.0

Contra

Aprl 11—
By Mrs Brasenton for layg 4 Negroe Women

2. 0.0

16—
By Josias Cocke 40/—Jno. Beedy Balle Acct 16/5½

2.16.5 1/2

16—
By Turner Crump 40/—17th By Ferrymen at Oc[coqua]n 1/3

2. 1.3

18—
By Mrs Washington 20/—Ditto 20/

2. 0.0

19—
By an Express formerly 10/—Exps. at Dumf[rie]s 12/6

1. 2.6

20—
By my Mother

15. 0.0

By Servants 2/6—Ditto 2/6—Ditto 6/

0.11.0

By Exps. at Todds 12/3—Ferriage at Chamberln 10/

1. 2.3

26—
By Charity 12/6—Play Tickets 5/

0.17.6

28—
By Club at Finnies 6/—Mendg my Watch 12/6

0.18.6

29—
By Play Tickets 10/—pd Warrington 24/

1.14.0

30—
By Fee pd Mr [Edmund] Pendleton in Dunbars Suit

5. 0.0


Title: Invoice from Robert Cary & Company, 13 April 1763
From: Robert Cary & Company
To: Washington, George

London 13th April 1763.

Invoice of Goods Shippd on board the Nelly John Johnstoun on the proper acct and risque of George Washington and go to him consigned.

 Edwd Hippisley Linnen

5 ps. Oznabrig qty 549 Ells @9¼
£ 21. 3. 2

½ ps. Hessen pr Wr 18/ ps.
. 9.

2 ps. Irish 3 qt. 50 yards 13d.
2.14. 2

2 ps. Ditto 133 qt. 46 yards 18d.
3. 9.

1 ps. long Lawn 150/
7.10.

1 ps. corded Dimothy 65/
3. 5.

1 dozn red and white Handfs 36/
1.16.

1 ps. Chintz yd wide qty 14 yds 84/
4. 4.

1 ps. Chintz 6/4 wide qty 12 yds 80/
4.

1 ps. Cambrick 163 80/
4.

1 ps. Ditto 174 100/
5.

Trunk and wrapper
. 8.

 Mauduit & Co. Woolen

2 ps. Wr welch Cotton (94 94) 188 yds @16¼
12.14. 7

50 yds light coloured plush 3/4
8. 6. 8

1 ps. Scarlet Shalloon 37/6
1.17. 6

Trimmings
.14. 6

1 ps. Wr Kendal Cotton for Wrapper
. 9.

Canvas &ca for one Bale
. 3. 6

 Jas Shipley Grocery

12 dble Loaves [sugar] 2.26 @12d.
4. 2.

Raisolins 1 Jarr 1.15 Nt 26 56/
.13.

Currants a Jarr 26 lb. 56/
.13.

Petre a Box 25 [lb.] 12d.
1. 5.

Almonds in Shell 1 Bushl 21/
1. 1.

White Ginger 6 [lb.] 1/
. 6.

Pearle Barley 6 [lb.] 6d.
. 3.

Sago 6 [lb.] 3/6
1. 1.

Mace 1 [lb.] 18/
.18.

1 Barrel, 1 Box, 1 Jarr & 1 Bag & Cartg.
. 8. 2

 Jno. Spicer Shott

20 lb. of small goose Shott @2½
. 4. 2

0.2.0 large Bristol Shott @18/
. 9.

2.0.0 Shott No. 3 & No. 4 17/
1.14.

 11 Bags @2d. is 1/10 a Cask 1/6
. 3. 4

Carriage on board
. 1.

 Edwd Manby Pipes

20 groce Hunters 14d.
1. 9. 2

1 Groce long
. 4.

To 1 Cask and 1 Box
. 3. 6

 Richd Clay Pickles

A Case of Pickles

2 Pottles of Walnuts
. 6.

3 ditto India Mangoes
.18.

6 ditto french Olives
1.10.

2 ditto Anchovies
.15.

2 ditto fine Capers
. 8.

15 pottle Bottles Case & lock
1. 0. 0

Cake Sope 56 lb. @6d.
1. 8.

Box
. 1.

 Philip Bell Joynery

 2 Mahagony Salvers 12 Inchs 2 Ditto Ditto 9 Do 2 Ditto Ditto 6 Do
. 6.

2 Neat Mahay Cases for 1 dozn large knives & forks & 1 dozn Desart Do to each case
3. 3.

2 Neat Mahay Cases for 1 dozn Table Spoons & 1 dozn Desart Do to each case
3.

a strong case
. 4.

 Jno. Shakespear Cordage

100 Fathom of leading line @5d. pr lb.
1. 2. 6

200 fathom of large line No. 6
.12.

1 dozn large Chalk lines @4/
. 4.

Matt & Shipping
. 1. 6

 Benja. Kenton Porter

12 dozn fine old Porter—bottled & packed—and wier’d—@6/6 pr Dozn
3.18.

Cask
. 5. 6

Cartage
. 1. 6

 Willm Maile Whe Lead

1 Keg white Lead grd o C. 2 Q. 3 lb. Nt @34/
.17.11

1 Keg
. 1.

10 Barls of bream black @4d.
. 3. 4

Hamper
. 1. 3

 Jos. Etherington Apothey

1 pt Spirits Hartshorne
. 4.

5 Oz. Ipecacuana powder
. 7. 6

1 lb. 8 oz. Venice Treacle
. 7. 6

2. 12 Oz. Diascordium
.11.

1. 4 Oz. Ointment Marshmallows
. 2. 1

9 Oz. powder of Jallop
. 6.

½ lb. best Rhubarb
.16.

4. 8 oz. Bird Lyme
. 6. 9

2 lb. Blistering Plaster
. 9.

 2 lb. Mellilot 1/8 1 lb. Sperma Citi 3/6
. 5. 2

1. 6 oz. Manna
.10. 3 3/4

4. 10 oz. strong cinnamon Water
. 8. 3 3/4

1. 2 oz. Salts of Hartshorne
. 9.

4. 6 Oz. Spirits Turpentine
. 3. 7 3/4

 2 lb. Allum 10d. 6 Oz. Spirits Nitre dulcis 2/
. 2.10

6 Oz. Conserve Roses
. 1.

8 Oz. Tincture of Castor
. 5. 4

8 Ethiops Mineral
. 2. 8

1 lb. Cream of Tarter powdered
. 1.

1 Groce Phial Corks
. 6

1 lb. Camomile Flowers
. 1. 8

1. 6 oz. Aq: Mirabilis
.   2 3/4

Bottles, Potts & Box
. 6. 8

 Saml Steemson Tools

To 1 pr 3½ Inch Cornish plains and 1 Plow and Iron
1. 0. 0

To 1 Jack raising Plain & 3 Ogees & 2 Rabbit plains 14/
.14.

To 2 moving Philisters & beed plains boxed and 2 doznplain Irons
1. 1. 6

To 1 Tenant Saw with brass Screws, and 1 Compass Ditto with Iron Screws and 2 dozn files
.15. 4

To 6 firmers, and Six Gouges, & Six bright Mortice Chissels
.10.

To a packing case to Ditto
. 6. 6

 Chas Brown Corks

 20 Groce Corks £2 A Bag 1/
2. 1.

A Chest, Cord, & Cording
.17. 6

 Moseley & Co. Pladhose

3 dozn plaid hose No. 3 @10/6
1.11. 6

3 dozn Ditto 2 @9/6
1. 8. 6

1 fine lea: Cap
. 2.

 Stephn Heath Hab[erdasher]y

6 lb. Shoe thrd @1/3
. 7. 6

20 lb. Ditto @1/6
1.10.

3 lb. Superfine Baladine Do @3/
. 9.

4 Oz. Fine Scotch Do @1/
. 4.

4 Oz. Ditto Do 1/6
. 6.

2 Oz. Ditto Do 2/
. 4.

4 Oz. Superfine Do 2/6
.10.

2 Oz. Ditto Do 3/
. 6.

2 Oz. Ditto Do 4/6
. 9.

3 ps. fine Diaper Tape 11d.
. 2. 9

4 ps. fine Diapr Tilletting 2/3
. 9.

1 dozn ribd waved stock tape
.14.

1 dozn superfine Scarlet Gartg
. 1.10

1 ps. London quality
. 2.

1 ps. silk binding
. 6. 6

1 ps. rich sattin Ribbon
.11. 6

2 ps. broad 26/
2.12.

3 dozn brod new figures 7/
1. 1.

18 pr Womens Kid Gloves & Mitts 2/
1.16.

3 pr Sattin Ditto 16d.
. 4.

3 pr best buck stichd Tops 4/9
.14. 3

3 pr best Do Tand ditto 2/3
. 6. 9

1 Groce best Baladine whip lashes
1. 4.

A Box
. 9

 Richard Weale Cut[ler]y

2 dozn pr of neat China handle knives & forks with strong Silver Ferrels
5.

2 dozn pr Do Do Desart Do
4. 4.

6 dozn box[wood handled] Butchers knives @2/
.12.

1 pr Womans Scissars
. 1.

1 pr large Ditto
. 1. 2

1 pr Curling Irons
. 1.

½ dozn Gunworms @16/
. 8.

1 very neat Paper Snuff Box lined with Tortoize shell
1. 8.

4 Enamelled bottle Tickets
. 4.

1 Groce Silver brest Buttons with Shanks
. 3.

3 dble grose Black horn buttons @3/
. 9.

½ lb. brass Pins
. 2.

500 very best Kirby hooks sorted from a perch to alarge Cod
1.10.

1 fishing Reel compleat
. 6.

 Mary Vaughton Sieves

4 Brass Wier Wheat Sieves @3/
.12.

 Josh Cartony Tea

6 lb. finest Hyson Tea @18/
5. 8. 0

Canister & box
. 3. 6

 Willm Tidmarsh Woolcards

6 pr Woolcards @20/
.10.

 Thos Symes Seeds

100 lb. best new cloverseed @7d.
2.18. 4

5 lb. best Turnipseed @1/
. 5.

Bag
. 1.

 Francs Nalder Cheese

1 Cheshire Cheese 42¼ @5d.
.17. 7

A Box to ditto
. 1. 6

 Wm Maile Mustard

1 small box qty 12 bottles best Durham Md
.12.

Box
.  . 6

 Edd Goldney Statiy

2 Rms best 4to D. Post
1. 4. 0

 12 Papers best Ink powder
. 6.

1 la: Box Wafers
. 4.

Smallets History of England 11 Vols. in Calf
3. 3.

Dodsleys Annl Register 4 Vols. in Calf
1. 4.

1 M[emorandu]m for Gentn 1763
. 1. 8

1 Ditto for Lady Do
. 1.

 Richd Wintle Hair Pr

6 lb. Hair powder
. 3.

10 lb. Starch @7d.
. 5.10

 Francis Montague Mill[iner]y

A fashe Knett Cap with pink Ribbn
. 6.

 A Ditto wt. Blue 7/6 A knett handf &[c]a 12/
.19. 6

 6 Skeleton wiers @2d. 1/ 3 Egrets 1/6 4/6
. 5. 6

A White Puckerd bonnet @
.12.

24 yds Ribbn made into Brest knots &ca @8d.
.16.

1¾ fine Book Muslin @18/
1.11. 6

2½ yds ell wide Do for Ruffles @16
2.

 2 yds yd wide do @13/ 26/ Starchg the Musln 5/
1.11.

 Makg the 2 Suits 16/6 2 white Egrets 2/6
.19.

 Geo. Maynard Hose

12 pr Mens grey worstd Hose @3/ No. 1
1.16.

12 pr ditto 4 Town W. Thread @3/3 2
1.19.

12 pr ditto fine 4 White @6/ 3
3.12.

6 pr ditto superfine bron 4 @6/ 4
1.16.

3 pr ditto superfine 4 Inda Cottn 7/6 4
1. 2.

3 pr ditto Town white Silk 16/ 4
2. 8.

 Willm Hallier Tin

a long Tin Cannister
. 1. 4

a Block Tin Coffee Pot
. 1. 3

a long Tin Sugar Box
. 2.

3 funnels differt Sizes
. 1. 4

½ dozn large Milk Pans ⅓
. 7. 6

½ dozn Smaller Do 1/
. 6.

Jno. Payne Plate

24 Polld Desart Spoons 24 oz. 7½ dwt @5/8 fashe 48/
9. 6. 1

14 Polld Table Spoons 33 oz. 13 dwt @5/8 fash. 35/
11. 5. 8

Engraving 38 Crests
.19.

4 pr Silver Earings with Bobs
.10.

 Masters & Co. Iron

1 dozn best Padlocks
1. 3.

½ dozn best Meadow Scythes
.13.

1 Hay knife 2/6 6 dozn Scythe Stones @2/ 12/
.14. 6

 ½ dozn corse Smiths Files 5/ ½ dozn Do Do 6/
.11.

 ½ dozn Do Do 4/ ½ dozn Do Do 7/
.11.

 ½ dozn la: Gouges 4/ 1 Smiths Screw plate large14/ Do Do Small 10/6
1. 8. 6

 ½ dozn Curry Combs 4/ ½ dozn Brushs 6/
.10.

 2 dozn Reap Hooks 20/ A case 6/6
1. 6. 6

 25½ M 8d. Nails @4/3 £5.8.4½ 27 M 10d. @4/9£6.8.3 two Casks 4/
12. 0. 7 1/2

1 pr Quern hand Mill Stones 26 Inchs Diamr
1.15.

 1 pr Do 23 Inchs Dr 1.10 littere 2/
1.12.

 Benja. Kenton Wine

3 Gallons Rhenish @6/8
1.

2 Gallons Canary @11/
1. 2.

26 pint & 8 Quart Bottles @2/6
. 7. 1

A Hamper
. 1. 6

 Jno. Turner Harris Turn[er]y

 1 dozn course Sieves @6d. 6/ 22 yds floor Mattg @9d. 16/6
1. 2. 6

 2 finest hair Sieves @8d. 1/4 1 long Cielg Broom 3/
. 4. 4

 6 hair brooms @1/3 7/6 6 Mops @10d. 5/
.12. 6

 1 dry rubber with head 4/ 1 dozn best black. Balls10/
.14.

Matts
. 1. 6

 Josh Rixton Shoes

2 pr Womens Satten Pumps
1. 1.

2 pr Everlasting Ditto
1.12.

Box
. 1.

[total]
£256.  . 6

Entry out Searchers Fees &ca
2.16.

Freight primage & Bills of Lading
7.17.

Premm on £280. Insured @2½ prCt & pol[ic]y
7. 4. 6

Commission
6.16.10

£280.14.10

N.B. Gunpowder prohibited at present from below
17. 5. 5

£298. 0. 3

Errors Excepted Robt Cary & Co.


Title: To George Washington from Richard Washington, 13 April 1763 [letter not found]
From: Washington, Richard
To: Washington, George

Letter not found: from Richard Washington, 13 April 1763. On 27 Sept. GW wrote to Richard Washington: “Collo. Fairfax presented me with your obliging favour of the 13th of April last.”


Title: Invoice from Robert Cary & Company, 23 April 1763
From: Robert Cary & Company
To: Washington, George

London [23] April 1763

Invoice of Goods Shipd on board the Nautilus Captn Boyes—for the use of George Washington—Potomack Rivr

Richd Farrer & Co. China

1 Compleat sett Table China fine blue & white consisting of—11 long Dishes 24 plates 12 Soop plates 1 Tureen Covr & Dish 4 Sauce Boats 4 Salts
[£]12. 0.0

2 Dozn best wt. Enamelld Wine Glasses
.10.

6 Beer Glasses Ditto
. 3.6

6 larger Do
. 5.

6 Quart Decanters Cutt top & bottom
.15.

Case 3/6 Chas. at the Custom House 10/
.13.6

2 Largest red Milk Pans
. 2.6

12 Next size Do 10/ 18 next size Do 9/
.19.

12 next size Do 4/ 18 next size Do 4/6
. 8.6

12 Welch Do 5/ 2 WtStone Do 4/ Hhd 6/
.15.

Jno. Didsbury Shoes

2 pr Wd Hl Pumps & 4 pr of Shoes
2.11.

2 pr Mens Slippers Moro.
1. 1.

6 pr Shoes for a Servt
1.13.

Walton’s GunPowr

Gunpowder FF 1 Barl 90 lb. @1/
4.11.

Weston Snuff

4 Bottles Snuff 10/8 Cordg 1/
.11.8

[total]
 26.19.8

Entry out Searchers Fees & Shipg . 7. 6

Freight primage &ca 18/ Comns 14/1 1.12. 1
1.19.7

£28.19.3

Costs & Charges of the Gown sent GW by mist⟨ake⟩

Heskeeth & Hawkes Mercers

12¾ yds yellow & white shot Lutstring @6/
3.16.6

Jane Schersbg makg the Gown &ca
2.11.6

Freight 3/ Comns 2½ prCt 3/3
. 6.3

£35.13.6

Errors Excepd Robt Cary & Co.


Title: From George Washington to James Gildart, 26 April 1763
From: Washington, George
To: Gildart, James

Sir,
Williamsburg 26th Apl 1763

In my Letter of the 11th of Septr last you were advised of 6 hhds Tobo on board the Johnson on Acct of Master Custis which I hope before this are safe arrived, and come to a better Market than the last.

This Tobacco belongs to the young Gentleman himself, and must be carried to a new Acct raised in his own name and the Balle of £17.8.2 due from the late Collo. Custis’s Estate you will Debit me for in order to close that Acct and I shall endeavour to discharge it.
We are much pleased with the Assurances of Peace which ’tis to be hoped will be of long continuance, and that the Tobacco trade will fall into an easy and regular Channel again, to the Mutual advantage of all concerned. I am Sir Yr Most Obedt Servt

Go: Washington


Title: From George Washington to Charles Lawrence, 26 April 1763
From: Washington, George
To: Lawrence, Charles

Mr Lawrence
[Williamsburg] Virginia 26th April 1763.

Be pleased to send me a genteel sute of Cloaths made of superfine broad Cloth handsomely chosen; I shoud have Inclosed you my measure but in a general way they are so badly taken here that I am convinced it woud be of very little service; I woud have you therefore take measure of a Gentleman who wears well made Cloaths of the following size—to wit—Six feet high & proportionably made; if any thing rather Slender than thick for a Person of that highth with pretty long arms & thighs—You will take care to make the Breeches longer than those you sent me last, & I woud have you keep the measure of the Cloaths you now make by you and if any alteration is required, in my next it shall be pointed out. Mr Cary will pay your Bill—& I am Sir Yr Very Hble Servt

Go: Washington

Note for your further Government and knowledge of my size I have sent the Inclosed—and you must observe that from the Coat end To No. 1 & No. 3 is the size over the breast & hips.

No. 2 over the Belly—&
No. 4 round the Arm—& from the Breeches end
To No. a is for Waistband.
b thick of the Thigh
c upper button hole
d kneeband
e for length of Breeches
therefore if you take measure of a Person about 6 feet high of this bigness, I think you can’t go amiss—you must take notice that the Inclosed is the exact size without any allowance for Seams &ca. Yr &ca

Go: Washington


Title: Enclosure: To Robert Cary & Company, 27 April 1763
From: Washington, George
To: Robert Cary & Company

Gentn
[27 April 1763]

My acquaintance and friend Collo. Robert Stewart, late of the Virginia Regiment, will pay you on my Acct Bills of Excha: or money to the amount of £302 Sterl. which please to receive & place to the Credit of Gentn Yr Most Hble Servt

Go: Washington


Title: From George Washington to John and James Searle, 30 April 1763
From: Washington, George
To: Searle, John,Searle, James

Gentn
Mount Vernon 30th of April 1763.

At the recommendation of Fielding Lewis Esqr. I am induced to give you the trouble of sending me a Pipe of the best Madeira Wine for the amount of which please to draw on Robert Cary Esqr. and Co. Merchts in London who are advised thereof. I woud choose a rich oily Wine, and if the present vintage shoud not be good, to have it of the last, or in short of any other which you can recommend—You will be so good as to send this Wine pr the first oppy addressd to Me on Potomack River in Fairfax County Virga—I shoud choose to have it sent in a Vessel to this River, if one shoud offer in any reasonable time, if not, please to send it to Norfolk recommended to the care of Collo. Tucker who can readily forward it from thence—but I shoud prefer the former of the two much. I am Gentn Yr Most Obedt Servt

Go: Washington


Title: Cash Accounts, May 1763
From: Washington, George
To:

[May 1763]

Cash

May 3—
To Ditto [cash] for Burgesses Wages
£ 33.18. 6

To Ditto of Mr [Joseph] Valentine for Marsh Acct 2.15.0 of Ditto Rent for Monconck 4. Ditto Int. of Mr Wm Dand[ridg]e 22.0.5 Ditto for Corn Sold 132.
160.15. 5

4—
To Collo. Basset Balle Acct
86. 7. 8

To Cash for a Trip to the Dismal

of Collo. Lewis
£ 3.0. 0

of Collo. Bassett
3.

of Dr Walker
  3.

9.

of G. Washington
  3.

12.

due G. W——n
3.5.10 1/2

£15.5.10 1/2

Contra

May 2—
By 1 Penknife 7/6—Club at Trebells 5/
0.12. 6

By Mr Wm Scott Strachen’s Acct
1. 5.

By Mr Jno. Kirkpatricks Acct
25. 7. 4 1/2

By Play Tickets 12/6. By Doctr Walkr £5
5.12. 6

By Mr Dangerfield for hire of his Bricklr
30. 0. 0

3—
By Club at Trebels 10/—Play 8/9
0.18. 9

By Barber 13/9—By Mrs [Christiana]Campbell £2
2.13. 9

4—
By Servts at Collo. Bassets
0. 6. 9

6—
By Ferriage at Hickmans
0.11. 7

By Exps. at Hubbards
1. 7. 9 1/4

By Collo. Tuts People
0. 6. 0

7—
By Expences at Colchester 4/
0. 4. 0

12—
By Mr B[ryan] Fairfax balle due for Land botof him
25.10. 0

By Mrs Washington
0.12. 6

16—
By Servants 5/—pd Edwd Williams 40/
2. 5. 0

By Ferriage at Fendals 17/6—Ferrymen 2/6
1. 0. 0

17—
By Ditto at Machodick 3/1½. Do at Laytons3/6
0. 6. 7 1/2

18—
By Exps. at Siers’s 4/. Collo. Lees Servants3/6
0. 7. 6

By Ferriage at Dansies 3/9. Club at Trebls 7/6
0.11. 3

19—
By Play Ticket 5/—Coffee 1/3—Dinr at Trebls5/3
0.11. 6

20—
By Supper at Trebels 3/6—pd Dinr atSo[uth]alls 3/9
0. 7. 3

By writ of Ad quod damnum for [Simon]Pearson
0.11. 3

21—
By Supper at Trebells 6/—3 Watch Prints 7/6
0.13. 6

By Servants 2/6—Coffee 1/
0. 3. 6

25—
By Expens. in a trip to the Dismal Swamp viz.

Ferriage to Norfolk
1. 5. 0

Gave the Ferrymen
0. 5. 0

paid at the Ropewalk
0. 1. 3

Ferriage to Portsmouth
0. 1. 6

Exps. at Ives’s 1/6—gave Servts there 2/6
0. 4. 0

27—
Exps. at Roberts’s 1/3—Fish 1/3
0. 2. 6

Pilot into the Swamp
0. 5. 0

Collo. [Mills] Reddicks Servants
0. 3. 6

Willis Riddick Ditto
0. 2. 6

28—
Paid Mr Griffin at the Bridge for Services
0.10. 0

Horse hire to Mrs Wood
0.11. 3

29—
Tavern & Horse hire pd Jno. Reinsburg
1.17. 6

Ferriage to Hampton
0.15. 0

pd Ferrymen 2/6
0. 2. 6

30—
pd Mrs Brough’s Acct
4. 3. 1 1/2

Mr Jas Mitchells at York—at twice
2.19. 9

Gave Collo. Bassets Joe for attendg on us
0. 5. 0

Returnd to Collo. Basset for Balle due tohim when he parted with us
1.11. 6

By 2 Watch Keyes @2/6.
0. 5. 0

By 1 Broach 15/—Barber at York 1/
0.16. 0

By Raffling for Glasses 20/. Do for Buckles 6/
1. 6. 0

31—
By Jas Martin[,] Barber 13/9
0.13. 9

By Mr [William] Trebell Subscription toWmsburg Purse Apl
1.10. 0

By Alexr Craik Sadler 5/7½—Buttons 4/6
0.10. 1 1/2

By Mr Secrety [Thomas] Nelson Subn toWmsburg P[urse]
1.10. 0

By Mrs Campbells acct 40/—Copying Rep⟨ts⟩15/
2.15. 0


Title: Guardian Accounts, 2 May 1763
From: Washington, George
To:

[2 May 1763]

Mr John P. Custis
Dr

1763

sterling

Currency

April
To Robert Cary Esqr. for my order him
£1317. 4. 9

To 80 head of cattle omitted in your former Acct

£100. 0.0

To ⅓ of £32.7 doubly credited Vizt Abner Clopton’s note for £3.0.4 Edward Pye Chamberlayne’s for £12 & Mr Mossom’s Bond for £17.6.8

10.15.8

To 2 pair yarn Hose for your boy Julius

. 5.

To the Publick for taking up your Negroe Jemmy 180 lbs. tobacco

To Levy and Tax for your maid Moll 42 &

. 4.

To half Do for your Tutor      21 &

. 2.

         To ⅓ of 117 lbs. of Tobo for Secretary’s Fees
         39

         282 at 2d.

2. 7.

To Cash paid Bryan Allison for your Taylors Account

3.17.1

To a brass Collar for your Dog

. 3.6

To Clarkes Corderius and Heathen Gods

9.9

To Law Charges for ⅔ of £10 paid Messrs Pendleton & Mercer for fee as Dunbars Exrs in Chancy

6.13.4

To ⅓ of £47.10.0 paid Mr Mercer for settling all the Estates Accounts originally and stating all the yearly accts ever since

15.16.8

£1317. 4. 9

£140.14.

Ballance carried to a new Acct
123.15. 2
&
261.11.8

£1440.19.11
&
£402. 5.8

Contra

sterling

Currency

April
By Ballance of your Acct of this date
£1317. 4. 9
&
 £274. 9.2

By 371 Bushels of Oats @18d.

27.16.6

By Robert Cary Esqr. for Sundrys charged you in his Acct Currt which were charged in my former Acct £23.19.7 £72.3.1 £19.12.6 & £8
123.15. 2

1763

Apl
By Cash recd of Joseph Valentine the Estate’s Steward

100. 0.0

£1440.19.11

£402. 5.8

Note. There are 59 hhds tobo in Mr Carys hands unaccounted for 14 consigned Mr Hanbury & taken on the Joseph 12 in Mr Hanbury’s & 6 in Mr Gildarts

⟨The⟩ Total 91 besides 20 hhds of the Estates in Mr Hanbury’s not yet accounted for

The Balle of Mr Cary’s acct dated Augt 23d 1762 in favr of Jno. Parke Custis
£ 135.19.10

The Balle of Joseph Valentine’s settled this day

171.15.9 3/4

Errors Excepted pr

Go: Washington

Apl 29 1763

Miss Martha Parke Custis
Dr

sterlg

   Current

1762

April
To Balle of your acct of this date

£186. 9.0 1/2

To an omission therein of your part of the Estate Balle
£ 6. 6.2

To ⅓ of £32.7 doubly credited Vizt Abner Clopton’s note for £3.0.4 Edward Pye Chamberlayne’s for £12 & Mr ⟨Mossom’s Bond for £17.6.8⟩

10.15.8

To Robt Cary Esqr. for the Interest on £1650 Bank Stock from ⟨March⟩ 25 to April 15 1761 for which I ⟨charged⟩
3.17.0

To half of your tutors Levy and Poll tax ⟨21 lb. Tobo⟩ ⟨mutilated⟩ &

2.

         To ⅓ of 117 lbs. Tobo for Secretary’s Fees
         39

         60 at 2d.

10.

To Cash paid for Freight of Shoes from ⟨mutilated⟩

2. 6.

To Ditto paid for two prs of Shoes ⟨mutilated⟩

13. 6.

To Law Charges for ⅙ of £10 paid Messrs Mercer & Pendleton for fee ads. Dunbar’s Exr in Chancery

1.13.4

To ⅓ of £47.10 paid Mr Mercer for settling all the Estates Accts originally and stating all the yearly Accts ever since

15.16.8

£ 10. 3.2

£216. 2.8 1/2

Ballance carried to a new Acct
£206.14.1

£216.17.3

£216. 2.8 1/2

Contra
Cr

1762

sterlg

current

April
By Ballance of your Account ⟨mutilated⟩
£ 54.18.5

By an omission therein of your part of the Estate’s Balle

3. 8.9 2/3

May
By Interest recd of Mrs McKenzies ⟨mutilated⟩ Assignd Bond Apl 15 1761

11.18.6

of Mr Claiborne Do Do

14. 8.6

of Captn Danzie ⟨mutilated⟩ Do Do

7.13.

of Mr William ⟨mutilated⟩ Do Do

22.18.9

of Colo. Bernard Moore Do Do
99.11.8

of Mr Claiborne ⟨mutilated⟩

14.

of Mr M⟨mutilated⟩

10.16.

By Robert Cary Esqr. for Sundries ⟨mutilated⟩ his Acct Currt which were charged ⟨mutilated⟩ £24.1.2 and £8
62. 7.2

£216.17.3

£ 85. 3.6 1/2

Ballance ⟨carried to⟩ a new Acct

£130.19.2

£216.17.3

£216. 2.8 1/2

The Ballance of Mr Carys Acct dated Augt 23 1762 is in his favour
39. 6.4

Errors Excepted pr

Go: Washington

Apl 29th 1763

We the Subscribers have pursuant to the order of the Honble the General Court examined the Accounts of George Washington Esqr. against John Parke Custis and Martha Parke Custis (to whom he is Guardian) and find the same fairly and justly stated and satisfactorily prooved and have therefore settled and Stated the Ballance of the said [accounts] as above Given under our hands this 2d day of May 1763

(Signed)
Peyton Randolph
John Mercer
Thos Everard


Title: From George Washington to Robert Stewart, 2 May 1763
From: Washington, George
To: Stewart, Robert

My dear Stewart,
Williamsburg 2 May 1763.

With some difficulty I have at last procured the Inclosed which you will please to make use of as occasion may require. I was upon the point of forwarding these, and my Letters to you, by the Betcy a Ship from James River bound for London when Collo. Hunter arrived and informed me that he left you the 15th or 16th Ulto at New York and that your Imbarkation for England seemed to be matter of doubt. I have therefore changed the Route of these Letters now sending them to New York to the care of Beverley Robinson Esqr. who is desired to forward them in case of your departure from thence to London.
The Bills as you may perceive are drawn on Messrs Lydes of London and Backhouse of Liverpool to the amount of £302

Sterlg that is to say

on Messrs Lyde for
£222.0.0

& Mr Jno. Backhouse for
  80.
£302.0.0

Signing of the Definitive Treaty seems to be the only piece of News wch prevails here at present, and diffuses general joy—

Our Assembly is suddenly called in consequence of a Memorial of the British Merchts to the Board of Trade representing the evil consequences of our Paper emissions and their Lordships report and orders thereupon which I suppose will set the whole Country in Flames. this stir of the Merchts seems to be ill timed and cannot be attended with any good effects—bad I fear it will—however on the 19th Instt the Assembly Meets and till then I will suspend my further opinion of the matter. I am with the most unalterable regard My dear Stewart Yr Most Affecte Fd and Servt

Go: Washington


Title: Cash Accounts, June 1763
From: Washington, George
To:

[June 1763]

Cash

June 8—
To Cash for 2 Barrels of Corn
£ 1. 5.0

10—
To Ditto for D. Ditto
1. 5.0

14—
To Ditto for Ditto
0.12.6

24—
To Ditto for Ditto
0.12.6

Contra

June 1—
By Servants at Collo. [Burwell] Bassets
0. 5.0

 By 1 Yd Cat Gut 10/—3 Yds Ribbon 4/6
0.14.6

By Club at Todds 5/—Exps. at Siers’s 9/
0.14.0

2—
By Expences at Leeds Town 12/3—Do at little Fery 2/6
0.14.9

3—
By Servants at L. W——n 2/6—Ferry at Hoes 14/
0.16.6

By Ferrymen at Hoes 2/6—Servt at Jenifers 1/3
0. 3.9

4—
By Mrs Washington
5. 0.0

9—
By Bryan Allison 20/—By Chickens 4/
1. 4.0

20—
By William Crump for Balle of Accts
0.18.0

21—
By the Sheriff for Taxes on Land Negroes & Car[riage]s.
25. 4.1 1/2

24—
By Mr Hectr Ross on acct of Danl Seaton for Shoes Makg
3. 1.3

By two Barrels of Tarr 21/—Exps. at Trammels 10/
1.11.0

25—
By Expences at Leesburg 27/—Servants 2/
1. 9.0

27—
By Captn Speake for 13 publick & Cty Levies & Taxes
4. 6.8

By James Byrn Smiths acct for Bullskin
1. 8.9

28—
By Edwd Violettes acct as follows viz. for Balle
0.12.3


Title: To George Washington from Robert Stewart, 6–7 June 1763
From: Stewart, Robert
To: Washington, George

My Dear Colo.
New York June 6th[–7] 1763

Both your favours of the 27th April & 2d May, Covering your Bills for £302 Sterg I recd from Mr Robinson last week and would have instantly acknowledg’d the rect of them but that I knew the Bearer would set out for Virginia in a few days which is a better and perhaps a safer conveyance than by Post the irregularity of which I have long since been convinc’d off—But where shall I find words to convey an adequate Idea of those emotions which your most Affectionate Letters has caus’d in a heart replete, with the most lively Sentiments of genuine Gratitude or how can I sufficiently admire that exalted Freindship (which absence the bane of common Friendships increase[)] which is invigorated by difficulties, and shines with additional lustre when put to the severest trial? the most pleasing reflections certainly result from viewing that uncommon Specie of happiness I enjoy in having such a Friend, yet it gives me the deepest concern that my unhappy Situation in Life forc’d me to do what has Subjected you to many inconveniencies to lessen them in some degree I will leave no expedient unessay’d and will not use the Bills for myself till every thing else has fail’d.
Since my last I have not been able to get any thing done—I have been put off from the arrival of one Packet to another at

length was told that I must remain here till the distribution and arrangement of the Troops arrives for which there is yet no Orders tho’ a man of war with them has been for sometime expected—had Sir Jeff. told General Monckton when he first applied for me that I could not go home I would have sold out which I could then have done without much difficulty and in all probability would ’ere now have either been provided for in the Service or Settled in Business But by giving me hopes from Time to Time he has not only involv’d me in that perplexity inseperable from uncertainty but Subjected me to a very heavy Expence a great part of which I might have shunn’d by going into the Country could I have foreseen that my stay in this very extravagant place would have been near so long—my Recommendations grown obsolete, the Time for Military Promotion gone I fear never to return in my Time—a Commercial Plann my Mercantile Friends had concerted for me defeated by my not being able to engage in it at or near the Time Stipulated for its commencement in fine I have too much reason to dread that his extraordinary procrastination will be productive of very fatal consequences to me But it seems Fortune is not yet tir’d of persecuting me I must therefore submit and endeavour to bear it with all the firmness I can, use all means and strain every nerve to extricate myself out of this accursed State of Attendance & Dependance worse than no Life.
We have nothing new or entertaining here—General Monckton has obtain’d his Majesty’s permission to visit his native Country ’tis thought that he will soon return to releive Genl Amherst in the supreme Command who they say has likewise applied for leave to go home I wish to God he had been gratified in his desire sometime ago—all the Officers of the Army here are extremely impatient for the arrival of the man of war, those of the old Regiments in a State of uncertainty with regard to their destination and those of the young Regiments as to their Fate—Whenever I know what is to become of me which a short time must now determine I will do myself the pleasure to write you and in the mean Time I beg you’ll be pleas’d to offer my Respectfull Complements in the warmest and most obliging manner to your Lady and Family that Heaven may Bless you and them with every requisite of happiness are his most fervent wishes who is and ever will be with supreme Regard and Esteem

My Dear Sir Your Most Affectionate & Most Obliged hble Servt

Robert Stewart

P.S. June 7th. It is said that the Savages of some of the back Countries have cut off one of our small Posts near Lake Huron Garrison’d by 15 R. Ams. commd by Ensign Slosser and it is very certain that last night Orders were issued from Head Quarters for the Light Infantry of the 17th 42 & 77 Regiments to hold themselves in readiness to March at the shortes[t] notice under ⟨mutilated⟩ Orders of Major Allan Campbell of the Royl Highlanders.


Title: Memorandum List of Tithables and Taxable Land and Property, 10 June 1763
From: Washington, George
To:

[Mount Vernon, c.10 June 1763]

A List of Lands entered agreable to Act of Assembly made in November 1762 and given in with the List of Tythables in Fairfax Cty 10th June 1763 to Collo. Jno. Carlyle
George Washington
 Walter Magowan, Thoms Bishop, Robt Haims, Matths Seal. House Servts &ca: Breechy, Schomberg, Jack, Doll, Jenny, Betty, Sarah, Kate, Betty, Sall, Moll, Jack, Jack, Jack, Ned, Charles, Davy. Carpenters: Turner Crump, Anthony, Sam, Will, Morris, Michael, George, Tom, Ned, Jupiter. Tradesmen: Peter, Nat, Guy, George. Muddy hole: John Alton, Grig, Will, Sam, Kate,

  Phillis, Hannah, Phœbe. Doegs Run: Nelson Kelly, Peros, Will, London, Cæsar, Stafford, Essex, Orford, Betty, Sue, Flora, Lucy, Jone, Moll. Creek Quartr: Josias Cook, Matt, Cupid, Will, Kitty. Rivr Side: Saml Johnson J., Tom, Ben, George, Natt, Robin, Ruth, Peg, Murria, Doll, Cloe. In all—74.

 Lands in Fairfax Cty Mt Vernn
2626

bot
of Clifton
1806

of Mr Brent
238

of Mr Ashford
135

of Geo: Ashford
135
acres

of Simn Pearson
178

5118

1 Chairiot

1 Chair

Go: Washington


Title: From George Washington to Robert Cary & Company, 13 June 1763
From: Washington, George
To: Robert Cary & Company

Gentn
Mount Vernon 13th June 1763.

The Inclosed presents you a Copy of my Letter of the 26th of April, since which your favour of the 7th of March advising of the Nautilus’s arrival is come to hand. Your taking no notice in that or any other Letter of one I wrote you from Williamsburg on the 15th of November, inclosing my several Invoices, gives me some uneasiness, as a disappointment of the Goods therein required woud put me to very great Inconveniences—I shall wait the arrival of the Ships however before I altogether despair, or send fresh copies as there is a chance of their getting to hand, althô no mention is made of it.
You leave me in suspence about sending a Ship into Potomack this year, and whether I am to keep my Tobacco in expectation of this event or not, I cannot easily determine; I have already refused some offers on liberty, and if no Vessel comes from you, or timely advice of the contrary, I may possibly encounter another disappointment in the disposal of my Tobacco:

Inclosed is a Bill of Exchange on Messrs Bosworth & Griffeth for £194.5s.5d. which please to receive & credit my Account for. I am Gentn Yr Most Obedt Hble Servt

Go: Washington


Title: Cash Accounts, July 1763
From: Washington, George
To:

[July 1763]

Cash

July 28—
To Ditto [cash] of Collo. Lewis
£21. 0. 0

Contra

July 1—
By Expences at Buffington’s 2/6. Ditto at Leesburg 11/2
0.13. 8

By Ditto at Trammels 3/3—Gave away 20/
1. 3. 3

By Oyster shells viz. 460 Bushls
4.13. 0

5—
By Turner Crump £30 (June 28). Edwd Violet £21.14.
51.14. 0

13—
By Exps. of bringing home my Flat
0. 5. 0

By Captn Posey Lent £20—pd Mr Stephenson 42/6
22. 2. 6

19—
By Quit Rents to Mr Tomison Ellsey
10.18. 7 1/2

26—
By Mr Macrae Acct Sundries
18.15. 4

By Ditto on Acct Master & Miss Custis’s Tutor
24. 7. 9

By Ferrymen at Occoquan 1/—Exps. at Allans 1/
0. 2. 0

28—
By Mr Stuarts Acct
12. 1.10

By Billiards 3/1½—By Subscriptn to Hunters Ferry 10/
0.13. 1 1/2

29—
By Button’s 1/—Lock 2/6—Lemons 15/
0.18. 6

By white wash brush 2/6—Sadler Hustons £4.5.6
4. 8. 0

30—
By Barber 2/6—By Doctr Mercer for McLean 12.4.5
12. 6.11

By Servants 3/6—Exps. at Dumfries 5/—Colch[este]r 2/6
0.11. 0


Title: From George Washington to George William Fairfax, 17 July 1763
From: Washington, George
To: Fairfax, George William

Dear Sir,
Mount Vernon 17th July 1763.

We were a good deal disappointed in the promised Visit—A constant Watch was kept untill the accustomed Bell gave the signal for Dinner, and said it was time to look no more—We do not readily comprehend the cause of the disappointment, but as Water seems not to be the Element favourable to our wishes,

we hope you will no longer trust to so uncertain a conveyance, but give us the pleasure of securing a visit at the next appointment—I am ⟨in⟩ a necessity of going to Fredericksburg early in next Week (i.e. about the 26th) for a Weeks stay, to which place if you have any commds I shoud be glad to execute them—Our Compliments—I mean Mrs Green’s, he is at Church, Mr & Mrs Fairfax’s and Mrs Washington’s, are tendered along with those of Sir Yr Most Obedt Hble Servt

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Title: From George Washington to George William Fairfax, 20 July 1763
From: Washington, George
To: Fairfax, George William

Dear Sir,
Mount Vernon 20th July 1763

I have not a Lath in the World of any kind, seasoned or unseasoned, or you shoud be heartily welcome to them—I never knew before that it was in any wise necessary that they shoud be Seasoned; for I usually got and put them up as they were wanted—Smart bring’s the Bucket &ca; he has been detained longer than ordinary by a mistake of Peters (or mine) who I told to make staples & hasps proper for your Locks (not considering I must confess, that there were Chamber Locks among them) and he went and prepared a kickshaw in imitation of the brass receptacle for the Bolt and has been obliged to make new ones—We beg you will accept of our Compliments yourself, &

render them agreable to Mr Mrs & Miss Fairfax. I am Dr Sir Yr Most Obedt Hble Servt

Go: Washington


Title: From George Washington to George William Fairfax, 25 July 1763
From: Washington, George
To: Fairfax, George William

Dear Sir,
Monday Evening [25 July 1763]

I will take the best care I can of your Letters, that for Mr Waite shall be sent to him, and an answer got, if he works for Mr Page near Fredericksburg—Anthony and I have examined your Wheels, and find one of them so decayed in the knave that it woud sink under the first load; I have therefore forbid his wasting time in making an Axle, but to get a pair of Wheels from one of my Plantn Carts, and fix to the Tumbrel he is making for you ’till a new pair can be provided; I have also directed Miles to call for my Waggon Harness (Cart Harness I have none, but what are at my Plantns used with the Plows) which will answer your purpose very well, as it is for a single Team.
I directed a Man to you on Saturday last with Shells, they were not very good, but I did not know how far they might be necessary; my Boat will be at your Service whenever you choose to call for her, and I shall enquire as you desire where Paint & Oil may be had, for I believe I shall want of them myself, especially of the latter.
I shall beg leave to say a little now in regard to Jno. Askew—That he went to work at your House, was not only with my knowledge but by my express desire, and had he stayd there ’till

this time it woud have been perfectly agreable to me; but as you know when he left your Work, so I can assure you that he never came to mine untill Wednesday or Thursday last, I then asked him if he did not think himself one of the most worthless and ungrateful fellows that lived for his treatment of me—for you must know Sir that so small a job as making the Front Gate in my Yard was left him to do when I went to Williamsburg abt the 10th of May last and was found undone at my return, altho. I urged him in the strongest manner I coud to get it finished for this very prevalent Reason namely, that I might Inclose my Chariot Horses in a Pasture round the House secured by a Post & Rail Fence and by that means prevent them from breaking into a field where I had about 10 Acres of Pea’s, that is now by (his Idleness and) there letting in my sheep entirely rooted out—This as I before said he neglected, and I was from that time untill a day or two before Mr Carlyle asked for him to go to Belvoir, e’er I coud get him to work again; so that you may partly judge from this of the provocation he has given me, but you will be more convinced of it when I tell you, that the Balle he owes me is for tools Imported for him, and money actually lent to keep him from starving and from a Goal, from whence (at least the Sheriffs Custody) I have once or twice redeemed him—and lent him money to Cloath & by necessaries for his Family. This is the real truth of the case, and it is so far from my wanting to keep him (longer than he will finish the Gate, & repays 7 days work due to my Carpenters, and now about) that I never desire to see his Face again, if he can fall upon any method of paying what he owes me in money.
I have made an exchange of Plantation’s with old Saml Johnson, giving the place where Clifton lived for the Lots he held in the Neck, otherwise I shd have been glad to have obliged Doctr Cockburne. Mrs Washington will be very glad to see Mrs Fairfax &ca at Mount Vernon, as I shoud have been—to whom please to tender our Complmts & believe me to be Dr Sir Yr Most Obt Hble Servt

Go: Washington


Title: From George Washington to Andrew Burnaby, 14 August 1763 [letter not found]
From: Washington, George
To: Burnaby, Andrew

Letter not found: to Andrew Burnaby, 14 Aug. 1763. On 14 Dec. Burnaby wrote to GW about the satisfaction he had in “receiving a very kind letter from You dated the 14th of August past.”


Title: To George Washington from John Searle, 22 August 1763 [letter not found]
From: Searle, John
To: Washington, George

Letter not found: from John Searle, 22 Aug. 1763. On 30 Jan. 1764 GW wrote to Searle: “Your favour of the 22d of August last I have had the pleasure to receive.”


Title: To George Washington from Robert Stewart, 3 September 1763
From: Stewart, Robert
To: Washington, George

My Dear Sir
Philadelphia Sepr 3rd 1763

I had the extreme pleasure to receive your very Affecte Favour Covering your 2d Sett of Bills.
From the Date of my last I was kept in daily expectations of getting leave to go to England, and put off writing to you in hopes I should have been able to have wrote you something decisive with regard to my affairs, but Sir Jeffery always found new reasons for my detention. I could not by any means obtain his Liberty, nor did he give me an absolute denial, but kept me

in the most painfull suspence, and disagreeable attendance, from the middle of last Jany till the latter end of last Month, at length when I little expected it he gave me his leave in writing accompanied by a heap of Freindly professions (which I set down for nothing) and as the place where I had suffer’d so much uneasiness had long since become perfectly disagreeable to me I embrac’d the earliest oppy of getting away, and arriv’d here yesterday to take my Passage in a Ship which I was told would Sail in a few days for London but I find that none will Sail from hence in less than three weeks, for that place where I still continue determin’d to make a vigourous effort for a Compy[.] I readily foresee the almost insuperable difficulties with which the Peace has obstructed the road to Military preferment But as I think I can rely upon Genl Monckton’s Interest and some others of distinction and as the necessary Regulations for the due Government of the Conquer’d Countries will occasion a number of new appointments, both Civil and Military I would fain hope I shall be able to procure something genteel at any rate it is my last resource—should I fail the attempt will indeed be against me but in my situation I think it would be timidity rather than prudence not to make a Trial.
The Engineers Gordon and Basset are here and present their Complemts to you they have both obtain’d leave to go home; Basset acted as aid de Camp in that very fortunate Affair near Bussie Run and extols the firm coolness uns[h]aken intrepidity and vast alacrity of the Highlanders which compos’d that little army even to a hyperbole—certain it is that nothing could be more fortunate for these Colonies than the hardly to be hop’d for Success of that day, as the very existence of the back Country depended on the safety of that Convoy for (’tis said) that Fort Pitt and consequently all it’s dependencies must have fallen for want of Provisions and Ammunition the consequences of which especially to the middle Colonies would have been dreadfull beyond description, there may be reasons for neglecting a Post of such vast importance which was the cause of the last war and which has cost Great Britain and her Colonies so much Bloud and Treasure to acquire and maintain and on whose safety the Lives and Properties of so many Thousands of His Majesty’s Subjects depended, But Success gives the most alureing gloss even to the most egregious Blunders.

The noble expedient they have fallen on in Virga to employ the Militia in order to save Money and perform actual Service would do honr to the most sublime Military genius and I think exceeds even the wise heads of the Assembly here—Some torgid accounts of the mighty Atchievements of S[tephen]s Parties have already reach’d this place, but his Letters do not make that impression they us’d to do.
I propose to go into the Country for a few weeks till the Ship gets ready in order to avoid Expences and need not say how happy you would make me by a Line by Post or otherwise, In the mean Time I beg my most Respectfull and Affecte Complemts to your Lady and Family & ever am with the highest Esteem & most perfect regard My Dear Colo. Your Most Affecte & Most Obliged hble Servt

Robert Stewart


Title: Mississippi Land Company’s Memorial to the King, 9 September 1763
From: Mississippi Land Company
To: George III (of Great Britain)

To the Kings most Excellent Majesty
The Humble Memorial of Inhabitants of Great Britain Virginia, Maryland, &c.
May it please your Majesty[Belleview, 9 September 1763]

The Memorialists considering it the duty of all good subjects to improve to the utmost of their power the blessings of peace and reflecting how this improvement may best be obtained by the exertions of their abilities and the application of their fortunes; have proposed with the approbation and under the protection of your Majesty to settle as speedily & effectually as possible, some part of that vast Country on the Mississippi and its waters; now unquestionably your Majesty’s territory by the late treaty of Peace.
The Increase of the people, the extension of Trade and the enlargement of the revenue are with certainty to be expected, where the fertillity of the Soil, and mildness of the Climate invite emigrants (provided they can obtain Lands on easy terms) to settle and cultivate those commodities most wanted by Great Britain and which will bear the charges of a tedious navigation, by the high prices usually given for them—such as Hemp, Flax, Silk, Wine, Potash, Cochineal, Indigo, Iron &c. by which means the Mother Country will be supplied with many necessary materials, that are now purchased of foreigners at a very great expense—Especially naval stores so essential to the very being of a commercial state, that it must under great restraints, in all Transactions with those powers by whom they are furnished. Whilst the inhabitants of the infant settlement, finding their labour most profitably bestowed upon Agriculture will not think of interferring with the Mother Country in Manufactures but afford a never failing demand for them.
To effect these good purposes the memorialists have formed themselves into a Company by the name of the Mississippi Company, that by a union of their Councils and fortunes that may in the most prudent and proper manner explore & as quickly as possible settle that part of the Country hereafter mentioned, if your Majesty shall be graciously pleased to indulge them with these conditions.
1st That your Majesty grant unto your Memorialists, being fifty in number by the name of the Mississippi Company two million five hundred thousand acres of Land on the Mississippi, & its waters, to be laid off within the following bounds begining upon the East side of the River Mississippi one hundred and twenty miles above, or to the Northward of the confluence of

the River Ohio th[e]rewith. Thence by a Line to strike the River Wabash or St Ierom eighty miles above its junction with the River Ohio. Thence Southerly crossing the River Ohio one hundred and twenty Miles above the union of Ohio and Wabash. and abutting on the main branch of the River Cherokee or Tenesse one hundred and fifty miles above the junction of Cherokee River with Ohio and proceeding thence Westerly in a line to strike the River Mississippi ninety Miles below the union of Ohio with that River; thence upon the said River to the begining.
2dly That your Memorialists shall have liberty of holding their Lands twelve or any other larger number of Years that your Majesty shall approve (after a survey thereof shall be made & returned) clear of all composition money quit-rents or Taxes. And that your memorialists within twelve Years shall be obliged to seat the said lands with two hundred Families, at the least, if not interrupted by the savages or any foreign enemy, and to return the survey thereof to such office as your Majesty shall be pleased to direct otherwise to forfeit the Grant, so to be made by your Majesty, and the said lands liable to the entries of any other Adventurers.
The Memoralists humbly hope that your Majesty may be graciously moved to grant these favorable terms in consideration of the heavy charges and great expences they must necessarily incur, in the exploreing, surveying and settling this distant country and the great risk they will run of loosing their property, from their contiguity to the French, & their proximity to the Indian Nations—And because it hath been found by experience, that large Tracts of Land taken up by companies may be retailed by them to Individuals, much cheaper than they can obtain them immediately from the Crown—occasioned by the Charges arising from the sollicitation of patents making surveys and other contingent expences. Besides the difficulty the poorer sort are under from their Ignorance of the proper methods to be taken in solliciting patents as well as their inability to advance ready money for such purposes. Whereas from Companies they have only to receive their Conveyances, without any previous Expence, and credit given them to make their payments, when by their industry they become enabled to do so.
And though attempts to settle in this way, have sometimes miscarried, in the hands of Gentlemen possessed of afluent fortunes

because of that indolence & inattention frequently attending persons in such Circumstances especially when not excited by the near prospect of immediate & considerable profit. The greater part of the present adventurers being of good families & considerable influence in the Counties where they live, though possessed of but moderate fortunes, are induced from the goodness of the soil and Climate of the Country upon the Mississippi to believe that by a proper application of their money and industry, they will acquire as well a present advantage as a provision for their prosperity; which being joined by the pleasing prospect of public utility; all their affairs will be conducted with that spirited assiduity, which in matters of danger & Difficulty, can only insure success. The truth of this is evident from a determined resolution in several of the Members to be themselves among the first settlers.
The Memorialists most humbly submit it to Your Majesties great Wisdom whether the remote situation of this Country from the Colonies already settled, may not render it expedient to protect the Infant Settlement from the insults of the Savages. Which protection might effectually be obtained, if Your Majesty were graciously pleased to order a small Fort to be garrisoned at the confluence of Cherokee River with Ohio; as it would interpose between the first Settlers, and the Chicazaw and Chattaes Indians the only powerful Nations on that quarter. Which is probable, might by a small Garrison, be influenced to continue in their antient amity with British Subjects. Especially the former of these Nations, whose faith and friendship, have ever remained firm and unaltered. At the same time a Garrison placed at the junction of Ohio with Mississippi might contribute powerfully to check the French settlers on the West side of the latter River, if they should be disposed to encroach on the Dominions of Your Majesty, in that part where they appear to have been inclinable to take footing on account of its communication with the Northwestern lakes; & the convenience wherewith in time of War they can harrass and disturb Your Majesties colonies already settled.
It is humbly conceived from the mild and friendly disposition of the Southern Indians that the Settlement of the Country proposed, may be obtained more safely & speedily by begining such Settlemt in their Neighbourhood than further North,

where the fierce and warlike Irocois, with their six nations ever accustomed to War and sheding of blood, would certainly obstruct, if not absolutely prevent the Settlement for many Years to come while the southern Settlemt begun in safety and advancing in security, will soon become much too powerful to be prevented in their progress, by the enmity of the Northern or any other Indians at the same time that by conducting a trade useful to the Indians on the borders of Mississippi they will effectually prevent the success of that cruel policy, which has ever directed the French even in time of peace, to prevail with the Indians their Neighbours to lay waste the frontiers of Your Majesties Colonies thereby to prevent their increase.
In consideration of the reasons here afforded, the Memoralists most humbly submits this their Memorial to your Majesty’s Wisdom.


Title: From George Washington to Robert Cary & Company, 20 September 1763
From: Washington, George
To: Robert Cary & Company

Gentn
[20 September 1763]

Captn Boyes has engaged my Tobacco to go in the Tryal Captn William McGachin I shall in consequence put 48 Hhds on board that Ship on which please to Insure so as to receive in case of loss Five pounds per Hhd—a sum not equivalent, but will be some compensation in case of accidents. I am Gentn Yr Most Obedt Hble Servt

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Title: Enclosure: Invoice of Goods to Robert Cary & Company, 27 September 1763
From: Washington, George
To: Robert Cary & Company

[Mount Vernon] 27 Septr 1763.

Invoice of Goods to be sent by Robert Cary Esqr. and Company for the use of George Washington—Virga
 25 M 4d. Nails 50 M 8d. Ditto 50 M 10d. Ditto 25 M

  20d. Ditto 1 dozn very course, large & strong Carpenters Gouges 1 dozn narrow headg Chissels fit for strg course Wk 6 large broad axes—of the best k[in]d 6 cheap Iron (varnished) Locks for Chamber Doors—6 Inches by 3½ to have different Keys 1 large Iron Do for Street door 9 Inches by 5½ 2 lathing hammers 6 large Wheat Sieves—to be so open as to admit all the Grain through in Ridling, but to retain the Heads, broken Straw, trash &ca 6 very small ditto to retain all the Grain and Chaff, but to riddle through the Dust, & dirt 2 pr horse Scissar’s  6 Augers, sized from ¾ Inch to 1½ Inch 6 best steel Garden spades 2 pr neat Steel Snuffers & St[an]ds
 200 yds welch Cotton 2 piecs. Blanketting 4 dozn pr of the largest & best plaid Hose 3 dozn pr midling sized Do 2 dozn Pee Jackets & Breeches (blue) from a large size to a midling Ditto 500 Ells Oznabrigs 4 ps. Rolls 2 ps. Irish Linn @1/3 2 ps. ditto do 1/6 1 ps. ditto do 3/6 1 ps. ditto do 5/ 1 ps. Holland 6/ pr Ell 50 Yds fine Russia drab 2 ps. superfine Nankeen, Button’s, twist, & thread for Do
 10 lb. Shoe thread 20 lb. bro: Ditto 3 lb. whited bro: Do 4 ps. diaper Tape—not filleting 2 ps. narrow do 6 ps. beggars tape 1 groce common shirt buttons 2 Mens Knett Night Caps 4 Oz. India Cotton 2 Oz. Barbers silk—fine 2 oz. Chinese Silk 2 Oz. bloon silk 4 Oz. Cotton thread—2 fine 2 Course 4 Oz. french thrd for weavg No. 26 8 dozn bobbins 1 ps. Jackeynot Muslin—6 yds of wch to be charged to Miss Custis’s acct 6 Knetting Needles, and 6 Steel Knetting pins of different sizes 1 ps. of blew ferret 1 ps. of white Ditto 1 lb. sewing silk sorted 2 oz. of which to be white 1000 hair pins 6 fine Ivory Combs 6 fine horn Ditto 1 ps. black Ribbon for the hair 1 large box wafers 6 pr worsted hose @7/6 1 dozn pr Mens large thread hose @1/6
 12 loaves single refind Sugar 12 ditto dble refind Ditto 1 Jarr best Raisons 1 large Pott best Currants 25 lb. Jordan Almonds ½ lb. Mace ½ lb. Nutts ½ lb. Cinnamon ½ lb. Cloves 6 lb. white Pepper A Case of Pickles containing 12 bottles, 4 of wch to be Fren[c]h Olives, 3 of Capers, 3 India Mangoes & 2 of Mushrooms 1 Cheder Cheese of about 30 lb. 2 dble Gloster Ditto 12 bottles best Durham Mustd 6 lb. White, 6 lb. bro. Sugar Candy 6 bottles Turlingtons Balsam
1 whole huntg Whip 2 Snaffle Bridles @2/ 2 ditto Do @

 3/ 2 bitting bridles for breaking horses—Note if it requires different Bitting Bridles for Saddle Horses, and Carriage Horses pray send me one for the former, and two as above for the latter 1 Mans best hunting Sadle 2 Sadle Cloaths—best kind 2 Cirsingles 4 dble Girths 4 Single Ditto 1 doz. Halters—best kind 1 compleat sett Chariot Harness for Six (middle sized) Horses to be strong, yet light and to have my crest 4 leather bottle sliders
 200 fathom of leadg line—of a size ⅜ in diameter 6 best Bed cords 1 Sett of Shoe Brushes 2 groce best Porter in Bottles last year it was very good 6 groce empty Bottles  20 groce best Corks 1 dozn course Sieves 6 hair brooms 1 dozn best blackg Balls 1 Common horn Lanthorn 1 doz. white stone Wash Basons & bottles to Ditto 1 dozn white Stone Chambr Pots 4 Neat brass Candlesticks with broad bottoms to them 100 Wt white Lead gd in Oyl 2 block tin Coffee Pots—to hold a pint & ½ & 3 pints
 3 pr Mens best buck stitchd topd Gloves 3 pr Ditto tand Ditto—to be la: & long fingered 3 pr Womens white french kid Gloves 3 pr ditto colourd Do 3 pr white kid Mitts 3 pr coloured Ditto French 1 Fashe Tea kitchen (Copper) 2 dozn Splinter locks difft sizes 50 lb. white Bisquet 1 Neat silver Pencil—exactly Six Inches long, to have the Inches and parts of an Inch marked thereon and to be open at both ends
 to be had of Mr Didsbury pr Letter to him— 2 pr Mens neat Shoes 2 pr ditto stitchd & Rashd Pumps 6 pr Servts Shoes 1 pr strong Shoe Boots 3 pr bla: Calliman. Pumps Womens 1 pr bla. Sattin Ditto 1 pr white Embroiderd Do
 6 Mens felt hats—best sort & lar: 4 Mens Castor Hats @5/ 2 Ditto Do @7/6 2 best beaver Do 24/ 150 sqrs. Window Glass 11 by 9 Inches 1 dozn Mellon Glasses 15 lb. Putty 2 Elbow Chairs 12 plain setting Ditto—the leather to cover the Frames—to be large and strong, & not to exceed 15/ 6 Windsor Chairs A handsome plain paper for a Room 18 by 16 feet, and 6 feet pitch above Chair board 1 travelling Razor case—to contn two Razors (of the very best kind) Strop, brush, box, Powder &ca
 To be bought of Mrs Shelbey in Dean Street Soho—A Workd Muslin Apron, handf & Ruffles—not to exceed £5 1 ps. of broad plain Joing Nett 2 handsome breast Flowers A handsome

Fan A black silk dressed Hood 2 yds velvet Ribbon 1 ps. fashe white 6d. Ribbon 1 ps. Ditto 3d. Do 6 Skelleton Wiers a black dressd Handkerf 2 pr black silk open Mitts
 To be bought of Mrs Harris in new Bond Street—1 Silver Tabby Petticoat 1 puckerd Petticoat of a fashe colour 1 India Worked Muslin G[ol]d 1 White lutestring Sacque & Coat sprigd with white—all to be made by Mrs Fairfax’s Measure
 100 wt hop clover seed (clover seed last year came chargd at a most enormous price) 1 Bushel of St Foine fresh & Good 10 lb. Lucerne 10 lb. Turnip Seed 20/ worth of Garden seeds sorted 1 Peck early Peas N.B. be so good as to desire yr Seed Merchant to let me have Seed quite fresh and good in their several kinds—We often get those that are bad—the disappointment therefore is much worse & heavier felt than the cost
 1 pr midling large Ovalstone knee Buckles 2 dozn Doyleys Rubbers 1 Coffee Mill—best sort 6 Brass Cocks 6 Tin Cans each to hold a Qt 2 pr Silver Necklace strings washed with gold 1 pr best Buckskin Breeches pr measure—to cost—24/ 1 pr Knee buckles proper for Do 1 ps. Irish Linnen @2/6 3 pr worsted Hose course & stg 3 pr course strong Shoes middle size 1 Roll Sheet Tin 1 China Plate Basket—or Basket proper for China in

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Title: From George Washington to George William Fairfax, 29 September 1763
From: Washington, George
To: Fairfax, George William

Dear Sir,
[Mount Vernon] Thursday Morning 29th Septr 1763

We are very sorry for Mrs Fairfax’s indisposition, and hope it is slight and will soon be removed. Mrs Washington untill the arrival of your messenger, was in hopes of seeing Mrs Fairfax this morning, althô it woud have been out of her power to have accompanied her in the intended visit; for she also was siezed with a severe Ague about Noon yesterday and has not got clear of the Fever yet—and again my Sister Austin and her two eldest daughters came late in the Evening.
If you have had time to examine our Mississipi Scheme, and have come to any resolutions in consequence, I shoud be glad to know them, for I was desired (in case you Inclined to be an adventurer) to get you to sign the Articles and transmit an account thereof to the next meeting of the Committee, which happens now about, the better to know when our number is compleated—you will be so good also as to propose this matter to Doctr Cockburne if you conceive it will meet his approbation—otherwise it will be unnecessary. My Sister presents her Compliments, and gives Mrs Fairfax Joy of her safe return to

Virginia and Mrs Washington joins in Complimts to both Families as doth Dr Sir Yr Most Obedt Servt

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