1. John Reiley leased a 200–acre tract in Berkeley County on the South Fork of Bullskin at the end of 1772 until his death in 1786 (General Ledger B description begins General Ledger B, 1772–1793. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. description ends , folio 71; Lists of Tenants, 18 Sept. 1785, n.1). This was the same land leased earlier to William Peterson (see GW to Samuel Washington, 4 Feb. 1773, n.4). For the lands rented by Alexander Fryer and Anthony Gholson, see Cash Accounts, March 1771, n.3, GW to Samuel Washington, 6 Dec. 1771, n.5, and Lists of Tenants, 18 Sept. 1785, n.6. Samuel Scratchfield rented 113 acres at the head of Worthington’s Marsh in Berkeley County from 1773 until as late as 1785. This land which rented for £4 per year had formerly been rented by David Rankin (General Ledger B description begins General Ledger B, 1772–1793. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. description ends , folio 32). Joseph Kerlin leased a lot “in the Barrens of Bullskin” from 1773 which beginning in 1784 was rented by Thomas Griggs (Grigg) (General Ledger B description begins General Ledger B, 1772–1793. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. description ends , folio 101; Lists of Tenants, 18 Sept. 1785, n.4). In the Cash Memoranda, 1772-75 description begins “Pocket-day-Book or Cash-Memorandums,” 9 Aug. 1772–27 May 1773, 29 May 1773–22 March 1774, 26 Oct. 1774–3 May 1775. Manuscript in George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. 24 March-31 October 1774. Manuscript in Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, Calif. description ends , 24 Mar.—25 Oct. 1774, GW has “pr Mr Wm Ellzey,” and he has added to the entry: “N.B. Mr Ellzey hath overpd in this countg Dollars at 6/,” a total of eight shillings.

2. Richard Lee (c.1707–1787) of Blenheim, Charles County, Md., usually called Squire Lee, was naval officer of the Potomac district of Maryland and president of the Maryland council. He is often confused with his cousin Richard Lee of Lee Hall, naval officer of the South Potomac district in Virginia, who was also called Squire Lee.

3. For the land leased by David Kennedy, see Cash Accounts, March 1767, n.4, and GW to Samuel Washington, 6 Dec. 1771, n.5. Johnston dined at Mount Vernon on this day (Diaries description begins Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig, eds. The Diaries of George Washington. 6 vols. Charlottesville, Va., 1976–79. description ends , 3:241).

4. GW’s Cash Memoranda, 1772-75 description begins “Pocket-day-Book or Cash-Memorandums,” 9 Aug. 1772–27 May 1773, 29 May 1773–22 March 1774, 26 Oct. 1774–3 May 1775. Manuscript in George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. 24 March-31 October 1774. Manuscript in Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, Calif. description ends reads “pd a Clerks note in Berkeley.” The Cash Memoranda, 1772-75 description begins “Pocket-day-Book or Cash-Memorandums,” 9 Aug. 1772–27 May 1773, 29 May 1773–22 March 1774, 26 Oct. 1774–3 May 1775. Manuscript in George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. 24 March-31 October 1774. Manuscript in Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, Calif. description ends also includes entries for 8 through 16 Mar. which record GW’s expenses incurred while on his trip to Berkeley County. He lists money paid “at [John] Mosss,” “at Goose Creek Ferry,” “at Shannondoah,” “at [Charles] Alexanders,” to “[Lewis] Lemarts Children,” “at Robert Ashbys,” and for servants. On 15 Mar. while staying at Lewis Lemart’s place on the Loudoun-Fauquier county line, GW spent the day “till the Afternoon with my Tenants & making Leases” (ibid., 239). Among the leases given on this day were ones to William Dulin, Isaac Milner, Peter Romaine (Romine), William Thompson, and Edward Wisely, all for land parcels which were located near Lost Mountain in Fauquier County and part of a 3,112–acre tract called Springfield (Fauquier County Deed Book 6, 73–96). On 16 Mar. while he was on Bullskin, GW gave a deed to William Bartlett for 125 acres in Berkeley County (PWW).

5. GW’s Cash Memoranda, 1772-75 description begins “Pocket-day-Book or Cash-Memorandums,” 9 Aug. 1772–27 May 1773, 29 May 1773–22 March 1774, 26 Oct. 1774–3 May 1775. Manuscript in George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. 24 March-31 October 1774. Manuscript in Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, Calif. description ends includes this entry on 20 Mar.: “To Ditto recd from Mr Young after deducting £3.0.9 for his Expences—16.19.⟨illegible⟩.” Young had delivered letters and a warrant for survey to Andrew Lewis and William Preston. See Preston to GW, 7 Mar., and Lewis to GW, 9 March.

6. For the mill being built on the Youghiogheny River, see Simpson to GW, 5 Oct. 1772, source note, and 20 Aug. 1774, n.2.

7. On 23 Mar. Lund Washington’s brother Lawrence Washington (1740–1799) of the Chotank area of the Northern Neck signed the following receipt: “Then Receivd from George Washington the Currt Sum of Thirty pounds for the use of Mr Robt Washington—it being on Acct of two Negros sold by him to the said George” (owned in 1980 by Mr. Gilbert Amat, Barbizon, France). This was GW’s last payment for two slaves bought of Robert Washington. See GW to Fielding Lewis, 20 April 1773, n.12, and Cash Accounts, May, November 1773.

8. According to the entry in the Cash Memoranda, 1772-75 description begins “Pocket-day-Book or Cash-Memorandums,” 9 Aug. 1772–27 May 1773, 29 May 1773–22 March 1774, 26 Oct. 1774–3 May 1775. Manuscript in George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. 24 March-31 October 1774. Manuscript in Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, Calif. description ends , 24 Mar.—25 Oct. 1774, the money was paid “in presence of Mr Vale Crawford for Isaac Webb an Indented Bricklayer.” The 24–year-old Webb was listed as a “Mason” on his indenture with John Moorfield of Bristol, England. Moorfield assigned the indenture to GW: “I hereby Assign unto Coll George Washington all my Right & title to the within Named Isaac Webb his time to begin from the Arrival of the Restoration Capt. Thomas into the Province of Maryland it being the 22d Day of March 1774” (Isaac Webb’s indenture, 31 Jan. 1774, DLC:GW).

9. See William McGachen to GW, 13 March.

10. See GW to Valentine Crawford, 30 March.

11. Peter Luke and Mabrey (Mawbrey) Maddin of Frederick County were being paid the first of three installments for “25½ days Waggonage of Goods to Red-stone Stettlement @ 12/ pr day & provisions found you & Horses.” The final payment was on 27 July 1774, making a total of £15.6 paid (General Ledger B description begins General Ledger B, 1772–1793. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. description ends , folio 102).

12. In his Cash Memoranda, 1772-75 description begins “Pocket-day-Book or Cash-Memorandums,” 9 Aug. 1772–27 May 1773, 29 May 1773–22 March 1774, 26 Oct. 1774–3 May 1775. Manuscript in George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. 24 March-31 October 1774. Manuscript in Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, Calif. description ends , 24 Mar.—25 Oct., GW added, for both Stevens and Jenkins, that the money was “towards his Wages.” In DLC:GW there is this extract from an indenture dated 21 Feb. that GW made with William Stevens: “And, lastly the said William Stevens doth hereby consent and agree, that if by sickness or any other unavoidable means he, or any of the five persons engaged by him shall loose any time, a deduction is to be made from his or their wages for the time so lost in proportion to what they are to receive.” Immediately below the extract is written: “N.B. The Agreement of Bennet Jenkins and Jason Jenkins is the same.”