1From George Washington to Capel & Osgood Hanbury, 26 August 1759 (Washington Papers)
I shall draw upon you in a few days to the Amount of about £150 in two Setts of Exchange: the one payable to Messrs Champe and Hunter of Virginia and the other to Mr Richd Washington of London. I did not think it amiss to give you this earliest advice (via Whitehaven) of my Intentions but should not have doubted your Acceptance of my Bills without it as I in a former of the 12th June advertisd...
2From George Washington to Capel & Osgood Hanbury, 11 September 1762 (Washington Papers)
On Board the America Captn Lewis I have Shipped you Twelve hhds of Master John Parke Custis’s Tobacco on which please to make Insurance so as to receive Ten pounds pr hhd in case of Loss. The amount of Sales when the Tobacco is received & Sold must be placed to his Credit. I am Gentn Yr mo. obedient ALB , DLC:GW . GW noted at the end of his copy of the letter, “Sent to New York—to go by the...
3From George Washington to Capel & Osgood Hanbury, 4 November 1768 (Washington Papers)
Of this date I have drawn upon you in favour of Mr James Gibson for One hundred pounds Sterling which please to pay, & place to Account of Mr John Parke Custis. Since my coming to this place I have receivd a Letter from you by Captn Young (Inclosing another for Mr Custis, with an Acct of the Sales of some of his Tobacco) which I shall take an oppertunity of answering sometime hence. In the...
4From George Washington to Capel & Osgood Hanbury, 21 June 1770 (Washington Papers)
Of this date I have drawn upon you for Two hundred and Fifty pounds Sterling in favour of Peyton Randolph Esqr., which sum you will please to pay, & place to Acct of Mr John Parke Custis. I am Gentn Yr Most Hble Servt ALB , DLC:GW . Peyton Randolph, speaker of the House of Burgesses, and Thomas Mann Randolph of Tuckahoe gave GW their bond assigned to John Parke Custis for the £250 sterling...
5From George Washington to Capel & Osgood Hanbury, 23 June 1766 (Washington Papers)
Your favours of the 20th of Augt & 20th of Novr (which are all the Letters that have come to hand since mine of the 20th Septr) are now before me. When I was at Williamsburg in April last, I directed twelve Hhds of Master Custis’s Tobacco to be put on board Captn Esten & consignd to you; the Sales of which I hope will be pleasing, & the proceeds carried to the young Gentleman’s Account. Shoud...
6From George Washington to Capel & Osgood Hanbury, 28 May 1762 (Washington Papers)
Your favour of the 1st of October I did not receive till yesterday, where it has lain ever since is not easy to imagine—I have examined the Acct Currt therein Inclos’d and believe it to be right saving that it wants credit for the Tobo lost in the Deliverance—your next possibly will acct for that, as well as the other Tobo taken in the Joseph. I have met with very bad luck in all the Tobo I...
7From George Washington to Capel & Osgood Hanbury, 3 November 1767 (Washington Papers)
I have just drawn upon you (of this date) for One hundred pounds Sterlg in favour of Mr James Gibson which please to pay & place to Acct of Mr Jno. Parke Custis. I am Gentn Yr Most Obedt Hble Servt ALB , DLC:GW . See Cash Accounts, November 1767 , 1768 . See also Guardian Accounts, 5 May 1769 .
8From George Washington to Capel & Osgood Hanbury, 20 September 1759 (Washington Papers)
On the 12th June last I wrote you fully, and addressd Copies to which be referd. and gave you advice in a Letter of the 26th Ulto Via Whitehaven of my Intention’s of drawing on you to the amount of about £150 since which I have passd those Bills (viz.) one sett payable to Messrs Champe and Hunter of Virginia for Ninety nine pounds Sterling dated the 10th Instt and another sett for fifty pounds...
9From George Washington to Capel & Osgood Hanbury, 10 August 1760 (Washington Papers)
By my friend Mr Fairfax I take the oppertunity of acknowledging the receipt of your favour pr Captn Wa[l]ker & once since of later date by Captn Chew—I am very sorry for the Account (given in the latter) of the Deliverance being lost. All the Tobacco I had on board her was JC and I dare say woud have disgracd no Market whatever—but accidents of this Nature are common & ought not to be repind...
10From George Washington to Capel & Osgood Hanbury, 25 July 1767 (Washington Papers)
Since mine of the 28th of June, last year, I have been favour’d with your two Letters of the 27th of March, first of July, and 21st of October in the past, and Sixth of April in the present year. Had any thing material occurd—(worth giving you the trouble of a Letter)—I shoud not have been silent till this time; and even now, I have but little to say. The Accounts Currt transmitted by Necks...
11From George Washington to Capel & Osgood Hanbury, 14 July 1761 (Washington Papers)
Your favour of the 20th March came to my hands 3 days ago. I have never receivd any Letter from you by the Industry unless that of the 15th of last September (acknowledg’d in mine of the 3d of April from Williamsburg) prooves to be it. I gave you my Reason in the 3d aforesaid how it came to pass that you were without a Bill of Loading for the Tobacco in the Deliverance, and at the sametime...
12From George Washington to Capel & Osgood Hanbury, 25 July 1769 (Washington Papers)
By the Hanbury Captn Eston, I have shipd you eight Hhds of Mastr Custis’s Tobo, and hopes you will sell it to a good advantage as the prices are high in the Country, and in my opinion great appearances of a short Crop of Tobacco in this and the neighbouring Colony —These eight Hhds when sold, are to be placed to the Credit of the young Gentlemans Acct. As I only grow Tobacco to Supply my...
13From George Washington to Capel & Osgood Hanbury, 25 November 1759 (Washington Papers)
On Board a Ship of Mr Mills’s (Virga) calld the Deliverance I have Shipd 20 Hhds Tobo for your House which please to Insure in the usual manner —and sell to the best Advantage of Gentn Yr Most Obedt Hble Servt LB , in GW’s hand, DLC:GW . The Deliverance , a ship owned by James Mills, had a Williamsburg registry. According to memoranda that GW wrote at the beginning of his 1760 Almanac (see the...
14From George Washington to Capel & Osgood Hanbury, 20 September 1765 (Washington Papers)
By the Fauquier Captn Nicks you will receive 12 Hhds of Master Custis’s Tobacco which please to sell to the best advantage and carry the nett proceeds to the credit of his account—I dare say there can be no exception taken to this Tobacco & therefore I shall hope for more pleasing Sales than were receivd for the two last Parcels I shipd you in his behalf which indeed were low and discouraging....
15From George Washington to Capel & Osgood Hanbury, 30 November 1759 (Washington Papers)
With this Letter you will receive the Copy of a former of the 20th Septr. Five days ago I wrote you a Letter and dropt it at Williamsburg, desiring Insurance on 20 Hhds Tobo put on board the Deliverance a Ship of Mr Mills’s lying in Rappahannock River. I now repeat the desire and hope you will not only Insure the Tobo on the best terms but dispose of it in the best manner for Our Interest so...
16From George Washington to Capel & Osgood Hanbury, 12 June 1759 (Washington Papers)
It will be needless I presume, unless it be for Formsake, to tell you so long after the thing has happend, of my Marriage with Mrs Martha Custis; you doubtless have heard of it before this can reach you, but as I thought proof might be requisite I sent over the Ministers certificate (which I was told was sufficient testimony) to Messr Cary & Compa. and to that I also refer you for your further...
17From George Washington to Capel & Osgood Hanbury, 5 May 1768 (Washington Papers)
Your Letters to Master Custis & myself of the 10th of Decr by Captn Eston are both come to my hands and I have directed Ten Hhds of the young Gentns Tobo to be put on board his Ship to your Address; which, considering the very short crop we made last year is a larger proportion of his Tobo than you have had yet —On this quantity you will please to Insure £10 pr Hhd & carry the proceeds to his...
18From George Washington to Capel & Osgood Hanbury, 28 June 1766 (Washington Papers)
The bearer of this, Mr Benja. Sebastian, a young Gentleman of this Country is going Home for Holy Orders; and being in want of a small Sum of Money, please to let him have upon demand Sixty pounds Sterg and place it to Acct of Mastr Jno. Parke Custis, who is allowed Interest for the same here —If it shoud lye in your way to facilitate the design of Mr Sebastian’s Trip to England, as also of Mr...
19From George Washington to Capel & Osgood Hanbury, 3 April 1761 (Washington Papers)
Your favour of the 15th Septr, which is the last Letter that I have receivd from you, now lyes before me —By some neglect or other my Bills of Lading for the Tobo pr the Deliverance never came to my hands for which Reason I send you in lieu thereof a Certificate from the Collector of His Majesty’s Customs of the Tobacco Shipd in that Vessell by me which I am told will answer the same purpose...
20From George Washington to Capel & Osgood Hanbury, 26 April 1763 (Washington Papers)
Your favours of the 24th of April 29th July and first of December now lye before me, and I coud heartily have wished that the last had brought an Acct of the Tobaccos lost in the Deliverance and Joseph which remains along while I think in an undeterminate manner. You will please to observe that the 20 Hhds pr the Deliverance is part of the Estate of Danl Parke Custis Esqr. deceasd, because it...