2921[Diary entry: 25 October 1766] (Washington Papers)
25. Finishd Sowing large field with Bls. Finishd Sowing Wheat at Muddy hole—170 Bushels in all—18 of wch. white Wheat in the little field.
2922Cash Accounts, November 1766 (Washington Papers)
Cash Novr 11— To Cash of Mr Valentine on J.P. Cust[is’]s Acct £147. 4. 3 To Ditto of Ditto on G. W—n Acct 112.12. 6 ⟨12⟩— To Ditto from the Treasury on Acct of Colo. Carlyles Order 40.13. 7 Contra Novr 2— By Colo. [John] Baylors Servants 0. 5. 0 By Colo. [Fielding] Lewis’s Ditto 0. 2. 6 By Exps. at Todds Bridge 0.12. 9 3— By ferriages at Claibornes 0.10. 6
2923To George Washington from Robert Cary & Co., 17 November 1766 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Robert Cary & Co., 17 Nov. 1766. On 20 July 1767 GW wrote to them : “Your favours of the . . . 17th Novr . . . and 6th of March past [are] all lying before me.”
2924Invoice from Robert Cary & Company, 17 November 1766 (Washington Papers)
Invoice of Costs & Charges of Goods Shiped on board the Lord Campden John Johnstoun Commander for Virginia upon the proper Account and risque of Colo. George Washington & to him Consigned Vizt Theo. Crowley Iron 25 M 8d. Nails @3/6 £ 4. 7. 6 Cask . 1.10 25 M 8d. Nails @3/6 4. 7. 6 Cask . 1.10 20 M 10d. Nails 4/3 4. 5. 0 Cask . 1.10
2925Mills Riddick’s Bond, 24 November 1766 (Washington Papers)
Know all Men by these presents that I Mills Riddick of the County of Nansemond and Colony of Virginia Gentn am held and firmly bound unto George Washington (in behalf of the Company of Adventurers for draining the Dismal Swamp) in the full and Just Sum of One Thousand pounds Currt money of Virginia to the payment whereof well and truly to be made I bind myself my Heirs Exrs Admrs and Assigns...
2926Cash Accounts, December 1766 (Washington Papers)
Cash Decr — To Cash won at Cards £ 8. 0. 0 12— To Do of Colo. F[ielding] Lewis due to my proportion of our Carolina Plantn Acct 1.14.10 1/2 Do— To Do of Do on Acct of his Wa[l]ker & my Purchases in Nansemond 1. 9. 6 25— To Ditto of Vale Crawford for Mr Jno. Auge Washington 3. 0. 0 To Ditto of Mr Humphrey Peake [Maryland currency] 0. 7. 6 [Virginia currency] 3.11. 8 To Ditto of Danl Talbot...
2927To George Washington from Bernard Moore, 29 December 1766 (Washington Papers)
My inclination to do the Strictest Justice to the Several Gentlemen to whom I am indebted & the distrest state of the Country making it impossible for some of them to wait untill the produce of my Estate can raise sufficient to satisfy the demands upon it, has induced me to make Sale of all my Lands in King William to clear my incumbrances. I am willing to flatter my self from our long...
2928Memorandum List of Quitrents, 29 December 1766 (Washington Papers)
1766 . “A List of Lands belonging to Geo: Washington and on which Quit rents became due at Michaelmas 1766.” ALB , DLC:GW . What follows is the same listing of landholdings as in Memorandum: List of Quitrents, 1764 . See the notes for Memorandum: List of Quitrents, 1761 . Below this memorandum, GW copies in his letter book the receipt from John Hough, dated 15 June 1767, for £11.19.6, the...
2929[November 1767] (Washington Papers)
Nov. 20. Vestry in Truro Parish. This entry is from Fitzpatrick, Diaries John C. Fitzpatrick, ed. The Diaries of George Washington, 1748–1799 . 4 vols. Boston and New York, 1925. , 1:240; the manuscript containing the entry has been lost since Fitzpatrick used it. At the vestry meeting it was resolved to replace the old frame Pohick Church in Mason’s Neck. Because the church was so near the...
2930[undated diary entry] (Washington Papers)
Publick Levy 1767 8 lbs. Tob[acco] pr. Poll—No. No. of Tythables in 1762 – 121022 1764 – 128000 1766 – 131799 Depositum—in 1767 Brunswick 11983 Charles City 15184 Dinwiddie 896 Gloucester 17514 Henrico 5757 James City 5299 Isle of Wight 8522