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To George Washington from Joseph Stephens, 15 November 1760

From Joseph Stephens

novemr 15th 1760

Sir

The Seven pounds Cash I Receved from Richard Stephens on account of Mr John Ballendine I Repaid to Richard Stephens for I was to Repay the money if you Did not Like of it and Richard Stephens told me you choosd to Settel with Mr Ballendine your Self and upon that I paid the money Back to Richard Stephens all1 from Sir your humbel Sar.

Joseph Stephens

ALS, DLC:GW.

Joseph Stephens was a Fairfax County landholder. He at one time was an undersheriff of the county and a tavern keeper. He seems to have been the brother of GW’s overseer Richard Stephens.

1. See John Ballendine to GW, 18 Nov. 1760 and Ballendine’s enclosure.

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    To George Washington from Joseph Stephens, 15 November 1760
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    “To George Washington from Joseph Stephens, 15 November 1760,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-06-02-0276. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Colonial Series, vol. 6, 4 September 1758 – 26 December 1760, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1988, p. 476.]