George Washington Papers

To George Washington from Edward Charlton, 19 June 1773

From Edward Charlton

Wmsburg June 19th 1773

Sr

I recd Your letter this day, and sent it ⅌ Captn Younghusband for Liverpool, Colo. Lewis recd £200 from me at first, then Exchge was not settled, but before he left town, I Paid him the remaining £8. I suppose he sent you the Accot before, is the reason of his not accounting with you for it.1 I am Sr Yr Humble Servt

Edwd Charlton

ALS, DLC:GW.

1. GW’s letter has not been found. See GW to Fielding Lewis, 20 April, n.19, Cash Accounts, May 1773, and Lewis to GW, 8 May, n.3. See also Fielding Lewis to GW, 7 July.

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    To George Washington from Edward Charlton, 19 June 1773
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    Charlton, Edward
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    Washington, George
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    19 June 1773

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    “To George Washington from Edward Charlton, 19 June 1773,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-09-02-0183. [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, p. 242.]