361Vestry Elections in Truro and Fairfax Parishes, 25–28 March 1765 (Washington Papers)
Vestry chosen for Truro Parish Vestry chosen for Fairfax Parish 25th March 1765 with the Number of Votes to each 28th March 1765 with the Number of Votes to each Mr Edward Payne 234 Colo. John West 340 Colo. George Mason 210 Mr Charles Alexander 309 Captn Daniel McCarty 181 Mr William Payne 304 Mr Thomas Wither’s Coffer 174 Captn John Dalton 281
362To George Washington from John Mercer, 3 May 1765 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from John Mercer, 3 May 1765. The catalog entry states that Mercer is “explaining his reason for not being prompt in the payment of interest due” (Thomas Birch’s Sons, catalog no. 683, item 736, 5–6 April 1892). For John Mercer’s indebtedness to the Daniel Parke Custis Estate, see doc. III-B, n.29, in Settlement of the Daniel Parke Custis Estate, 20 April 1759–5 Nov. 1761 .
363To 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...
364Cash Accounts, April 1763 (Washington Papers)
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
365From George Washington to Capel & Osgood Hanbury, 26 April 1763 (Washington Papers)
Your favours of the 24th of April 29th July and first of December now lye before me, and I coud heartily have wished that the last had brought an Acct of the Tobaccos lost in the Deliverance and Joseph which remains along while I think in an undeterminate manner. You will please to observe that the 20 Hhds pr the Deliverance is part of the Estate of Danl Parke Custis Esqr. deceasd, because it...
366To George Washington from Robert Cary & Co., 19 July 1766 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from Robert Cary & Co., 19 July 1766. On 20 July 1767 GW wrote to them : “Your favours of the 19th July . . . and 6th of March past [are] all lying before me.”
367To George Washington from Capel & Osgood Hanbury, 29 July 1762 (Washington Papers)
It is now near 12 Months since the date of thy last favr to us whh we remark wth concern. The loss ⟨ mutilated ⟩ the deliver⟨ance⟩ remains in the same state as when we wrote ⅌ the Fleet ⟨th⟩e want of our good Friend the Speaker’s Bill of Ladeing to prove to the Insurers that his Tobacco was on board that Ship. It is also unlucky that the want of Bills of Ladeing for some Tobacco and Indigo...
368Joseph Davenport to Lund Washington, 22 November 1765 (Washington Papers)
according to Colo. Washingtons Derections I went to Frederick Town in order to inquire into the price of hemp and as I immagined a Sample would be necessary (and I wanted Some Trifles from there) I took 100 lb. for wch I got but 40/ and was informed that the Markett was not till Towards Spring & as Mr Cary has wrote to the Colo. I need Say no more only they liked the hem[p] Very well. I...