To George Washington from William Crawford, 3 December 1772

From William Crawford

Decemr 3⟨d⟩ 1772

Sir

I wrote you by V. Crawford I was indebted to Mess. Jacob Hitte & Son a Sum of mony whch I have not the mony to pay and afraid I Shall be Sued for it.1

If you can answear they sum in the enclosed order and Charge it in my wages for Survaying the Land of the Officers it would much oblidge Sir your Most Hume Sarvant

W. Crawford

ALS, DLC:GW.

1. See Crawford to GW, c.15 Nov. 1772, n.4. Valentine Crawford arrived at Mount Vernon on 15 Dec., probably with his brother’s November letter in hand (Diaries description begins Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig, eds. The Diaries of George Washington. 6 vols. Charlottesville, Va., 1976–79. description ends , 3:148).

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Title: To George Washington from William Crawford, 3 December 1772
Author: Crawford, William
Recipient: Washington, George
Date: 3 December 1772

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Cite as: “To George Washington from William Crawford, 3 December 1772,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-09-02-0096. [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. 136–137.]

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