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Account with the Commonwealth of Virginia, [ca. December] 1788

Account with the Commonwealth of Virginia

[ca. December 1788]

The Commonwealth of Virginia to James Madison Jr. Dr.
Dollars
1788. To balance on account made out & transmitted—to
March 23 –88.		   5 ⅓
To travelling to & service in Congress from July
1st. to Novr. 3, being 125 days		 750.
To returning from Congress—11 days  66
821 ⅓ Drs
802
 19 ⅓d.  
Credit
By one Quarters advance July 1. –88. 552
By draught dated Ocr. 4. & presented by Col. Carrington1 250 Dollrs
802

E. Excd.   Js. Madison jr.

Ms (Vi). Auditor John Pendleton used the bottom portion of the account for various calculations,

1. See JM to Ambler, 4 Oct. 1788.

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    “Account with the Commonwealth of Virginia, [ca. December] 1788,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Madison/01-11-02-0271. [Original source: The Papers of James Madison, vol. 11, 7 March 1788–1 March 1789, ed. Robert A. Rutland and Charles F. Hobson. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1977, p. 373.]