Cash Accounts, April 1775

Cash Accounts

[April 1775]

Cash
Apl 1—	To Messrs Robt Adam & Coy 1200 Pern1	[£] 75. 0. 0
3—	To Merchds.2	0. 2. 6
17—	To Fairfax County Recd of Colo. Mason3	31.17. 0
	To my own Tythes Vizt 137 @ 3/ each	20.11. 0

	To Colo. Mason, Ball. of his Acct this day Settled	0. 2. 6
	To Mr Gibson Recd from him on his own & Mr Ross’s Accot4	32. 0. 8
	To Major Broadwater recd from him on Acct of the Money Pd him 25th March5	3. 0. 0
	To Cash Overcharged on Contra Side	101. 2. 6
	To Colo. Bassett recd from him 27th March	1.12. 0
	To Merchds. for 8 Bushls Salt6	0.16. 0
20—	To Do for 4 Do7	0. 8. 0
	To Colo. Mason recd for 300 Bls Salt @ 1/8	25. 0. 0
	To Alexr Henderson for Flour ⅌ Acct Sent	15.19. 8
	To Mr Gibson Ball. of his Acct	6. 0. 0
22—	To Merchds. 8½ Barrls8 Salt	0.17. 0
	To Do for Fish	1.14.10
23—	To Mr Philsmith recd from him by Mr J. H. Washn9	9. 0. 7
	To Mr Andw Leitch recd from him towards Paying for the Arms engaged for the P. W. Coy10	16.10. 0
24—	To Thos Bishop on Acct of Salt Sold	5.17. 0
25—	To Thos Davies on Acct of Powder for the Spossy Evania Inda. Compy [Spotsylvania Independent Company]11	4.16. 0
27—	To 6 Barrls Flour 1260 lbs. @ 16/ & 6 Barrls @ 10/12	10.11. 7
	To Thos Bishop for Salt Sold	2. 9. 0
	To Mr Craven Payton on Acct of Colo. Geo. Fairfax	193. 6.10 1/2
Contra
Apl 1—	By Exps. at Dumfries	0.13. 3
	By Messrs Robt Adam & Coy	75. 0. 0
	By Thos Bishop ⅌ L. Washington	0.12. 0
3—	By Merchds. 3 Barrls Tar @ 10/ ⅌ Barrl	1.10. 0
	By Freight of 57075 Shingles from Suffolk @ 5/	14. 5. 4

	By Merchds. 1 Bushl Meal	0. 2. 6
5—	By John G. Hamilton Freight of 1453½ Bls Wht from Md13	11. 1. 8
	By 1740 Feet 1¼ Plank	6.10. 0
	By Boat hire &c. of Do	1.14. 6
	By William Robert ⅌ Thos Alford	5. 0. 0
7—	By Jas Boyd	0. 5. 0
9—	By Mrs Washington	5. 0. 0
	By Colo. Mason, ⅌ his Son William14	1.15. 0
12—	By [ ] Stone for 2350 Feet 1¼ Plank	9. 8. 0
15—	By Alexr Cleveland	16. 0. 0
	By Do my Order on Robt Adam	9. 0. 0
16—	By the Fairfax Inda. Coy Pd towards their Exps.	0.12. 0
	By Charity	0. 3. 9
17—	By Thos Bishop	1. 4. 0
	By Goin Lanpiere ⅌ his Servt Joe	1.10. 0
	By Exps. at Mrs Hawkins	0.14. 2
18—	By William Keating	5. 0. 0
	By Charity	1.16. 0
20—	By Colo. Mason Recd from him for 300 Bls Salt @ 1/815	25. 0. 0
	By Thos Allison Advanced him in pursuit of Servts16	3. 7. 6
	By the Annapolis Printer	0. 6. 0
	By Alexr Henderson for Raisd Pews in Pohick Church17	3. 7. 6
	By 50 lbs. Lead @ 4d. ⅌ lb.	0.16. 8
	By Colo. Fairfax pd Mr Henderson raisg your Pew18	1. 2. 6
	By Mr Custis 22 Yds Bombazeen in My Acct with Mr [Hector] Ross	3. 1. 0
	By Joel Cooper his Acct agt Briga. Farmer	0.11. 8
	By Peter Wise his Acct agt Do	17.18. 1
	By William Wilson Do	1. 7. 0
	By Leitch & Stewart’s Do	0.11. 6
	By Harper & Hartshorne’s Do	17.19. 4
	By John & Geo. Fowler	11. 0. 6
	By McCrea & Maze	1. 8. 8
	By Thos Armat	2. 1. 9
	By Mr Gilpin	9. 6. 3
	By Robt Donaldson	14. 3.10

	By Hector Macome	14. 6. 9
	By Thos Wilkenson	8.15. 2
	By Capt. P. Curtis Ball. of his Acct	18. 8. 8
21—	By 15½ Dozn of Lamp Black	2. 0. 0
	By 12 Fish Barrls	2. 2. 0
26—	By Mr Custis	14. 8. 0
	By my Three Nephews Will Washington George & Chas Lewis given them	4. 4. 019
27—	By 277½ lbs. Myrtle Wax @ 1/3	17. 6.10
28—	By 293 lbs. Butter @ 9d.	10.19. 9
	By Jas Oram Ball. of his Acct	6. 7. 5
	By Exps. at Hawkins 3/9 Charity 2/6	0. 6. 3
	By William Johnson	0. 6. 3
29—	By Caleb Stone	5. 0. 0
	By Jesse Brummit	1.16. 0
	By William Johnson pd him as a reward for pursuing runaway Servants	2. 2. 0
	By Thos Johnson pd him on Same Accot	2. 2. 0
	By [ ] pd [ ] on Same Accot20	2. 2. 021

D, Ledger B description begins General Ledger B, 1772–1793. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. description ends , 191–92.

1. This seems to have been miscopied from 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 by the clerk who made the entries in Ledger B description begins General Ledger B, 1772–1793. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. description ends at a later time. 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 reads “To Cash recd from Messrs Robt Adam & Co. £200 ⟨illegible⟩.”

2. This probably is an abbreviation for “merchandise.” 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 reads “To Cash recd for a Bushl Meal.”

3. 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 reads “Credit Fairfax County by Cash recd of Colo. Mason.” This entry and the one following are the tithes collected by GW and Mason to pay for weapons and ammunition for the Fairfax Independent Company. See George Mason to GW, 17 Feb., and note 3 of that document, and Mason to GW, 18 February.

4. Six shillings tenpence of this amount was paid for flour bought by John Gibson (Ledger B description begins General Ledger B, 1772–1793. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. description ends , 134); Mr. Ross may be John Ross.

5. See Cash Accounts for March.

6. 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 GW wrote “To Ditto recd for 8 Bushls Salt.” GW’s brigantine Farmer arrived at Mount Vernon on 2 April with a load of salt. See George Digges to GW, 7 April, n.1.

7. 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 there are two entries of two bushels each, the first with the symbol TB and the second with the symbol LW, probably for Thomas Bishop and Lund Washington.

8. 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 this is “Bls,” undoubtedly an abbreviation for bushels, not barrels.

9. See GW to John Augustine Washington, 25 Mar., and note 1 of that document.

10. Andrew Leitch (d. 1776), a Dumfries merchant, was a member of the Prince William County committee. He later was a major in George Weedon’s 3d Virginia Regiment and died from wounds received at the Battle of Harlem Heights.

11. 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 GW calls the man “Davis,” and in the Diaries description begins Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig, eds. The Diaries of George Washington. 6 vols. Charlottesville, Va., 1976–79. description ends , 3:323, he records that “Thos. Davis came Express & returnd.”

12. GW calls these “casks” of flour 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 .

13. GW wrote 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 that this wheat was shipped “from Marlbro,” the Mercer plantation.

14. William Mason (1757–1818) was George Mason’s second son.

15. The copyist should have put this entry under Cash.

16. See Advertisement for Runaway Servants, 23 April, and notes to that document.

17. The Truro Parish vestry book description begins Vestry Book of Truro Parish, Virginia, 1731–1802. Manuscript on deposit at the Library of Congress. description ends contains this entry for the meeting of 3 June 1773: “Upon the Motion of the Honble George William Fairfax Esqr: and Alexander Henderson Gent: in behalf of themselves and the other purchasers of the six upper midle Pews above the Cross Isle—Leave is granted to the said purchasers to take up the Stones in the Isles and to raise the said six Pews at theire own private Expence to the same height above the Isles and exactly in the same manner with the Pews next to the Walls, they making good any Damage that may happen in doing the same; and it is also ordered that the eight midle pews below the Cross Isle be raised in the same manner at the expence of the Parish” (Truro Parish Vestry Book description begins Vestry Book of Truro Parish, Virginia, 1731–1802. Manuscript on deposit at the Library of Congress. description ends ).

18. See note 17.

19. See Cash Accounts, May 1773, n.9.

20. See note 16.

21. Among entries in 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 that have not been copied into the cash accounts are: on the seventh, “Charge Colo. Geo. Wm Fairfax with Ingles & Long’s Bill in favour of William ⟨Hodgzard⟩ for £100 Sterg at 27½ prCt dated 14th Mar. last past—127.10.0”; on the twenty-first, “Credit Mr Robt Adam with £60 for a Negro Man Jack bought of him”; on the twenty-third, “Charge Wm Digges Esqr. with his Order on Mary Goard—returnd him for £15 Maryld Curry”; on the twenty-fifth, “Charge Thos Newton Junr Esqr. with 30 Bls of Herrgs sent him by Zebulon Brooke abt the 18th of March. 60 Do and 25 of Shipstuff abt the 25th of Do—and 110 Barls of Suprfine Flour—all by Jesse George”; and on the twenty-sixth, “Charge Messrs Balfour & Barraud with 1000 Bls of Suprfine Flour pr Inve Nett 206,795 lbs. @ 161. prCt—1654.7.2[.] also with 1000 Cask @ 20 d.—83.6.⟨8⟩.”

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