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From George Washington to Thomas Eden, 18 October 1773

To Thomas Eden

Virga Mount Vernon Octr 18th 1773

Sir

Inclosed you have a Bill of Lading for 4 Hhds of Tobo wch please to sell, and place the proceeds to the Credit1 of Sir Yr Most Hble Servt

Go: Washington

ALB, DLC:GW. The letter is addressed to “Thomas Eden Esqr. of the Ship Annapolis.”

1. For the reason that GW sent tobacco to Thomas Eden, see Robert Eden to GW, 11 Mar. 1773. For the receipt and sale of the tobacco by Eden, see Thomas Eden & Co. to GW, 19 Feb., 31 May 1774.

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    From George Washington to Thomas Eden, 18 October 1773
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    “From George Washington to Thomas Eden, 18 October 1773,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-09-02-0275. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Colonial Series, vol. 9, 8 January 1772 – 18 March 1774, ed. W. W. Abbot and Dorothy Twohig. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1994, pp. 351–352.]