Statement about Stock, 29 September 1794

Statement about Stock

Philadelphia 29th Sepr 1794.

The Certificates on which the within Stock is founded, was endorsed by me, and left in the hands of Mr Nourse the Registr in order that the whole may be blended together & simplified for my use & benifit.

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This statement was endorsed on a wrapper titled "statement of Interest payable at the Bank of the United States to the President of the United States." The items to which it referred are presumably identified by a second note on the wrapper, addressed by Oliver Wolcott, Jr., to the cashier of the Bank of the United States and dated 2 April 1795: "It is the desire of the President that the Interest on the Certifs. inclosed being in six P. Cent Stock Dolls. 3.746.29 & in 3 P. Cent Stock Dolls. 2.947.88—may be paid to B. Dandridge Esquire."

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Source Project: Washington Papers
Title: Statement about Stock, 29 September 1794
Author: Washington, George
Date: 29 September 1794

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Cite as: “Statement about Stock, 29 September 1794,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/05-16-02-0504. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Presidential Series, vol. 16, 1 May–30 September 1794, ed. David R. Hoth and Carol S. Ebel. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2011, pp. 738–739.]