1To George Washington from Joseph Valentine, 3 August 1762 (Washington Papers)
my not hearing from you in so Long a time has put me under a very Great Consern to Know what to do with your tobaco this makes the third Letter I have Rote to you Concerning the tobaco and never have had any answer or heard one silible from you and now am abligd to get the tobo on Bord the ships ass fast ass posable or have Every hogshed Left out ass the ships is to sale the 20th of next month...
2To George Washington from Joseph Valentine, 29 July 1764 (Washington Papers)
I Rec’d yours of the 18th which has Gave me a good deel of uneasiness and if I was gilty of the Crime you Lay to my Charge you have Just Cause to Blame me, but so farr from that I have had a good deel of defferance with the Overseers when they did Raily want to get sum other Sort of tobaco to plant, and have ordred if they had not plants of th⟨ mutilated ⟩ not to get plants any wheare but had...
3To George Washington from Joseph Valentine, 6 August 1764 (Washington Papers)
in my Last Letter to you I told you I had in Closd the weights of the Crops of tobaco but in makeing up my Letter I had three others to in Close and I intirely forgot to put in that I have in Closd that to you now and hope it will not be amiss. I have Seen Jonathan Catlif and have spoke to him a bought the mill stones he tels me the best size is 4 feet over and 14 inches thick Brumswick I...
4To George Washington from Joseph Valentine, 20 January 1766 (Washington Papers)
I Recd your Letter yesterday of the 2⟨ illegible ⟩ Decmber Crosher graves Left Claiborns before Crismos I have taken all the greatest Care I Cud of the place I have ben at the place three times sence Crismos and should ben their oftener but going to other places & meashe⟨r⟩ing of their Corn & deliverind of the poorke prevented me from going oftener I got Crosher graves to go to the place two...
5To George Washington from Joseph Valentine, 16 September 1766 (Washington Papers)
I Recd your Letter of the 25th August Your tobaco being so light I Confess is a very great fault though not in my power to help at ⟨first⟩ ass their was not room in the ware house to put ⟨it in⟩ and the ships Boat ⟨their⟩ a takeing if of ass it was inspected or I wod have had it heavier be fore it had gon I had the tobaco prisd so very ⟨dry⟩ and the prise posts gave way was the Reason of its...