Enclosure: Order on Bank of England, 16 November 1759
Enclosure
Order on Bank of England
November 16 1759.
Pay Mr John Moorey1 or Robt Cary Esqr. all Dividends now due, or shall hereafter become due £1650 Bank Stock standing in the name Jno. Custis decd and this shall be your Sufficient Warrant.2
| Go: Washington & Martha Washington late wife of Danl Parke Custis Decd |
DS, Bank of England. The document is in GW’s hand and was signed by him and Martha Washington.
1. John Moorey was a partner in the firm of Robert Cary & Company.
2. Although GW dated this draft in November 1759, he did not send it to Robert Cary & Co. until this time. In another hand are the notations “pd ⅌ order of Mr Fayling,” “132 Divid. No. 974 133 [Divid. No.] 978,” and “fo[li]o 280.”