1II., 3 July 1754 (Washington Papers)
...Fort having broke the Heads of the Powder Barrels and strown it about that it might be...
2From George Washington to Mary Ball Washington, 7 June 1755 (Washington Papers)
Ten tons of butter and 1,000 barrels of beef were sent from Ireland with Braddock’s two...
3From George Washington to James Innes, 17 July 1755 (Washington Papers)
...2 kegs of spirit, a cask of vinegar, a barrel of potatoes, and 3 tubs of butter (Morris to...
4From George Washington to Robert Dinwiddie, 11 September 1755 (Washington Papers)
...of the Kings’s Stores,” listed at Alexandria 70 barrels of beef, 100 of pork, and 96 of flour...
5From George Washington to Allan McLean, 26 October 1755 (Washington Papers)
...engage all the Coopers you can to make and repair Barrels for the Beef, &c. You are to apply...
6From George Washington to Adam Stephen, 29 October 1755 (Washington Papers)
...must engage all the Coopers you can to make Barrels for packing the Beef; and if any of...
7From George Washington to Charles Dick, 29 October 1755 (Washington Papers)
...to see that Coopers are engaged to make Barrels for the Provisions, and to provide all...
8From George Washington to Thomas Walker, 11 November 1755 (Washington Papers)
...they are well salted and packed up in the Barrels, which you are to have made for that purpose...
9From George Washington to Daniel Fitzhugh, 21 April 1756 (Washington Papers)
...there be none of the Countrys, get two Barrels from the Merchants; which charge to my...
10From George Washington to Robert Dinwiddie, 22 April 1756 (Washington Papers)
...of the Land. As we have not more than a Barrel or two of Powder at this place; the rest...Barrels
11From George Washington to Robert Dinwiddie, 24 April 1756 (Washington Papers)
...referring to the beef brought in barrels from Ireland to Alexandria as a reserve food...
12Orders, 10 May 1756 (Washington Papers)
to have them packed up in a Barrel, securely, as fast as they are made.
13Orders, 13 July 1756 (Washington Papers)
...to the South-Branch are to take with them a barrel, or as many as will complete each man to...
14Orders, 22 July 1756 (Washington Papers)
Barrels of Powder
15From George Washington to Robert Stewart, 22 July 1756 (Washington Papers)
...of the enemys crossing. I have sent you two barrels of powder, and four Boxes of Ball: as...
16From George Washington to Robert Jackson, 26 May 1757 (Washington Papers)
2 Barrels of 4d. Nails
17From George Washington to John Stanwix, 28 May 1757 (Washington Papers)
10 Barrels...should have written “100 Barrels,” but in fact Quartermaster John Hamilton...
18From George Washington to Robert Dinwiddie, 30 May 1757 (Washington Papers)
...has sent to this place, and taken away 100 Barrels of gun-powder; three ton of musket-ball,...
19From George Washington to Joshua Lewis, 6 June 1757 (Washington Papers)
...The provisions included 32,900 pounds of flour, 4 barrels of beef, 200 pounds of fish, 2 casks...
20From George Washington to John Stanwix, 28 June 1757 (Washington Papers)
...a careless mistake of my Quartermaster, to send you 101 Barrels of gun-powder.
21From George Washington to John St. Clair, 23 June 1758 (Washington Papers)
Barrels of Powder Horns
22From George Washington to Henry Bouquet, 3 July 1758 (Washington Papers)
..., & of that Article there was only 16 Barrels in the Stores there, besides 6 others...
23Orderly Book, 23 September 1758 (Washington Papers)
...with flower & pork; two with Arms, three Barrels of whiskey and a Labratory chest, two with...
24III-B. Schedule B: General Account of the Estate, c.October 1759 (Washington Papers)
...& their freight £10.5; Tar. paid for a Barrel 15/ & for 3 horse Collars 15/Corn 570½ Barrels
25[February 1760] (Washington Papers)
Landed 65 Barrels of Corn. Fine moderate day. Very little wind.......of 100 barrels of corn. The...
26[Diary entry: 20 February 1760] (Washington Papers)
Landed 65 Barrels of Corn. Fine moderate day. Very little wind....
27[Diary entry: 21 February 1760] (Washington Papers)
GW received a total of 100 barrels of corn. The shipping cost was £5 (
28[April 1760] (Washington Papers)
Barrels of Herring and 60 White Fish....was packed with salt into barrels and stored for use on...
29[Diary entry: 11 April 1760] (Washington Papers)
Barrels of Herring and 60 White Fish....was packed with salt into barrels and stored for use on...
30[Diary entry: 17 April 1760] (Washington Papers)
.... Carlyle and Dalton—wch. Flat brot. down 4 Barrels of Corn—being part of Eight that I was...
31Cash Accounts, May 1760 (Washington Papers)
By Cash pd Wm Gardner for 8 Barrels Corn (in gold)
32[May 1760] (Washington Papers)
...his normal yield at that time was 2 to 2½ barrels per acre, an estimated 8 to 10 bushels. When...
33[Diary entry: 12 May 1760] (Washington Papers)
...his normal yield at that time was 2 to 2½ barrels per acre, an estimated 8 to 10 bushels. When...
34Cash Accounts, September 1760 (Washington Papers)
By Colo. Colvill for 15 Barrels of Corn
35Cash Accounts, December 1760 (Washington Papers)
By Gilbt Simpson for 42 Barrels of Corn a 7/6
36Cash Accounts, 1761 (Washington Papers)
The nineteen barrels of corn were John Foster’s share of what he...
37IV-B. John Parke Custis’s Estate Account, c. November 1761 (Washington Papers)
...2/6 for fixing the Seines 3/9. for a Barrel of Tar 12/6. for the Poll and Land...Corn 30½ Barrels
38III. Guardian Accounts, 12 April 1762 (Washington Papers)
Corn 277½ Barrels
39From George Washington to Beverley Robinson, 27 September 1762 (Washington Papers)
3 Barrels of best Apples
40Cash Accounts, June 1763 (Washington Papers)
To Cash for 2 Barrels of CornBy two Barrels of Tarr 21/—Exps. at Trammels 10/
41Cash Accounts, October 1764 (Washington Papers)
By two Barrels of Tarr @12/6...payment for “70 Barrels of Indian Corn from my Plantations in...
42[May 1765] (Washington Papers)
...Meadow at Doeg Run & about Southwards Houses with the Barrel.
43[Diary entry: 16 May 1765] (Washington Papers)
...Meadow at Doeg Run & about Southwards Houses with the Barrel.
44Cash Accounts, July 1765 (Washington Papers)
....3.9½, and, on 4 Sept., “1 Barrel of Tarr,” fifteen shillings (
45Cash Accounts, December 1765 (Washington Papers)
. In November 1765 Triplett provided GW with fifty-six barrels of Indian corn valued at £25.4 (see
46Cash Accounts, January 1766 (Washington Papers)
...of rye, 36½ bushels of hemp seed, 178½ barrels of corn, and his share of hemp valued at...
47Cash Accounts, July 1767 (Washington Papers)
...£6 in Alexandria as partial recompense for a barrel of linseed oil that he had acquired from...
48From George Washington to Robert Cary & Company, 6 June 1768 (Washington Papers)
...customary Steel springs have others that play in a Brass barrel, & contribute at one & the
49[October 1768] (Washington Papers)
...14,000 shingles, 4 pairs of shoes, and 2 barrels of crab-apple cider (
50[Diary entry: 26 October 1768] (Washington Papers)
...14,000 shingles, 4 pairs of shoes, and 2 barrels of crab-apple cider (