Account of Expenditures in Attending the General Meeting of the Society of the Cincinnati, 24 May 1784

Account of Expenditures in Attending the General Meeting of the Society of the Cincinnati

May 24th 1784.

The Society of the Cincinnati Dr to Genl Washington for his Expences attending the General Meeting in Philadelphia May—1784.

		Pensa Cury
Apl 26th	To ferriage—crossing Potomk River	9. 6
	Dining &ca at Upper Marlborh	19. 9
	Lodging &ca at Rawlins’s1	2. 0. 7
27	To Ferriage at South River	9. 4
28	To Expences in Annapolis	4.11. 3
	Ferriages to Rock-hall pr [Gilbert] Middleton2	5.10.
	Oats &ca for the passage	8.
	Servants at Annapolis	3. 9
29	To Expences at [Richard] Spencers Tavern	2. 3. 4
	Ditto at New Town Chester3	1. 7. 6
30	To Ditto at the cross roads	1.19. 6
	Ditto at Middle Town	12. 9
	Ditto at New castle	1.11. 9
May 1	To Ditto at Wilmington	2. 1. 7
	Ditto at Chester	1. 4. 6
	Servants at difft Stages	7. 6
	Ferriage at Schoolkill	1. 8
17	To Barber sundry times	1. 5.10
	Washing—during my stay in Phila.	2.15. 8
	Livery Stable—Mr [Jacob] Hiltzhimer	16. 6. 7
	Servants Board	9. 3. 2
	Mr [Robert] Morris’s Servants & other Exps. there	5.15.
	Exps. at the City Tavern4	3.10.
18	To Ferriage over the Schoolkill	1. 8
	Exps. at Chester	1. 1. 3
	Ferriage over Christiana5	2. 2

19	To Exps. at Newcastle	1.10.10
	Ditto at Middle Town	12. 9
20	To Ditto at New Town Chester	2.18. 4
	Ditto at Rockhall	3. 8. 4
	Ferriages to Annapolis	5.13. 8
22	To Exps. in Annapolis—pr Mr Mann6	3.17. 4
	To Ferriage over South River	8. 4
	Expences at Rawlins’s Tavern	17.
	Ferriage over Patuxent	5.
23	To Ditto—over Potomack	9. 6
		£86. 4. 8
Errors Excepted Pr Go: Washington

ADS, DLC:GW. Vouchers are enclosed.

1. A tavern owned by Ann Gassaway Rollins (Rawlins, Rawlings) and her son Gassaway Rollins was near the South River in Anne Arundel County, Maryland.

2. Rock Hall is on the Chesapeake Bay in Kent County on Maryland’s Eastern Shore.

3. This is Chestertown, Maryland.

4. GW had his first meal in Philadelphia while attending the Continental Congress at City (or New) Tavern on the west side of Second Street, above Walnut.

5. The crossing was at Wilmington, Delaware.

6. George Mann (1753–1795) kept a well-regarded tavern in Annapolis, sometimes called the City Hotel.

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Title: Account of Expenditures in Attending the General Meeting of the Society of the Cincinnati, 24 May 1784
Author: Washington, George
Date: 24 May 1784

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Cite as: “Account of Expenditures in Attending the General Meeting of the Society of the Cincinnati, 24 May 1784,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/04-01-02-0269. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Confederation Series, vol. 1, 1 January 1784 – 17 July 1784, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1992, pp. 402–403.]