1To George Washington from Gilbert Simpson, 3 April 1775 (Washington Papers)
I Reced your letter by Mr William Stephens dated in March in Which I find you are verey Much disturved at the Cost of your Mill and I find that after all My Care and troble To Serve you in a thing of this kind to the great disadvantage of my plantation as Well as the discruttion of my Bedind and houshold furneture—And that all for Notting Except that of incuring your ill Will and being Censurd...
2To George Washington from Gilbert Simpson, 6 February 1775 (Washington Papers)
This Coms To acQuaint you of a Sceem That is Now in hand Which is Concerning a County Court Being Fixt Which I understand Mr Crisop has Set on Foot and a Number of people has Sind The paypers To Carrey it The court To Reed Stoon Foort Which I am informd is Mutch out of the Center and a Most Mountanies part insomuch That There Can Bee No hopes of any Land Carrages pasing and Repasing Moreover...
3To George Washington from Gilbert Simpson, 18 December 1774 (Washington Papers)
Yough a gahalay [Pa.] Sr December 18, 1774 I am ⟨ mutilated ⟩y Sorrey To heare your uneaseyness Concerning Mills Costing so Mutch; as it is in all Likelyhood To Bee Comple⟨te⟩ and Strong in all Branches and I Make No doubt But She Will grind With as Little Wayter as Eyther Mill Within 150 Mills of her and The Setuation wheareon she stands is in all Likelehod of Becoming a popolus plase For I...
4To George Washington from Gilbert Simpson, 9 November 1774 (Washington Papers)
I have sent my son to you. for some money to pay off the men that is at work at the Mill: which they want Clothing and Cannot get any Cloths for the want money. the walls of Mill is done and the Race is not done by Reason for the want Powder by which it Could not be had: and the frame is all got but the Rafters and they are about them now. I expect the House will be done by the 10th of Next...
5To George Washington from Gilbert Simpson, 24 September 1774 (Washington Papers)
Youg a gahalay F⟨ort⟩ Triall [Pa.] Sr Septmber the 24 1774 This Coms To Let you know That My Son Returnd Safe With The Money and I am sorrey you Should Think The Cost of your Mill So high When it Was your own desire To Me To have her Compleatly don in all her Brantches and as to The Bignes of The house it was no desire Nor Thought of Mine To have So Large a bulding But Sr your Bill of Timbers...
6To George Washington from Gilbert Simpson, 20 August 1774 (Washington Papers)
This Coms To Let you know that your Mill is Likely To goo By Christmas provided I Can get Iron Which I Cannot Teel at This Time how it is Too Bee got Without you Can get it Waggond to Tittles or To The Little Meadows From Thens I Can get it pact over on horsses: The Mill Work has Been Much Backend By the War and Will I do Beleive Cost Neare one hundred pounds More Than she would have doon had...
7To George Washington from Gilbert Simpson, 4 May 1774 (Washington Papers)
This Coms To Let you know That The Cuntry is at This Time in Great Confusion By Meens of The indians deClairing War against us and I suppose There has Brook up and Gon off at Leest Five hundred Familys Within one Weak past But I determain To Stand To The Last or Loos My Lif With What I have: There has Ben Two or Three scrumagses With White people and indians There has Been Nineteen indians...
8To George Washington from Gilbert Simpson, 1 October 1773 (Washington Papers)
This is To Let you know That I have paid your money To Capt. Crawford who says it has been alreydey paid and I have Found all my affairs out heare well but very hard seet To Get any Carpenters work don and seems as hard seet To Get wagons To move me out and very dear if I Geet aney and I am affraid I shall not Com down before you seet out for Williamsburg but as our out Goings is Great at...
9To George Washington from Gilbert Simpson, 31 August 1773 (Washington Papers)
Wth the almightys permission I Will do my Endevour To see your Land Tax discharged before the Last of next Week from this date and Sr I hope To see you before you go to Willamsburg but For Feare any Thing Should happen That I Could not Com inn as soon as I hope To do I Beg the Favour of you To Leve all That is To be don With Mr Lum Washington Which is one good Stanch Negrow Fellow That...
10To George Washington from Gilbert Simpson, July 1773 (Washington Papers)
I Receved your Letter of the 8 of Junly in which I Find you are much disturevd and I am Reyley Sorrey that you Should be so much uneasey at a thing of that kind before you know that you are a Loosing anything I Full well know I must bear all the blame and Sure I am to bear all the Loos tho. verey ill able to bere any for I know my self to be a great Looser in this present year and not only so...
11To George Washington from Gilbert Simpson, 14 June 1773 (Washington Papers)
this Coms to acQuaint your honour that I am Returnd home from youghagahanay and have Left all well when I Came from there I left provision Enuf for the people to Eat and work anuf to do and I have Got a nye neibour to have an Eye over them and there work. tho. my fellow is Sufficent to take Care and is as trusty I beleive as most white men and will Carrey on work as well as most when Laid down...
12To George Washington from Gilbert Simpson, 20 May 1773 (Washington Papers)
I have Sent you Two Letters before but wheather they Ever Retcht your hands or not I do not know the perport of them was to acquaint you of the Great aversion my wife had in Coming over the mountains and I do not Like the Cuntry well anufe myself to Live in it but if you Chuse to Continue your hands on the Land you may have all belonging to me at the vallue of them as they are all Reydey on...
13To George Washington from Gilbert Simpson, 11 April 1773 (Washington Papers)
I Send you a Fwe Lines to Let you know that with Great diffeculty I Got safe to your Land which I beleive there is no better in this part of the world but whether it has been wet and Cold that I Sufferd in my Jurney and about teen days after I Got out by Lying in an old Leekkey Smooke Cabbin or whether the water and Climent is dissagreble to me or not I Cannot Teel but never have been to say...
14To George Washington from Gilbert Simpson, 26 December 1772 (Washington Papers)
I Received yours of the 18 of this instant by the hand of Mr Crawford and I am a Greable to your perposeal in makeing of Corn the next Summer prvided there Could be Corn got to Live on which I doubt of at that time of year but you and I Shall be more able to Judg of that in the month of Feburery if Mr Crawford Coms in as he Say he will and if any goos out there must goe more than two for I...
15To George Washington from Gilbert Simpson, 5 October 1772 (Washington Papers)
I am informd you have not purchast Mr Fairfaxs and Thralkels Lands the which I was in hopes you had for then I Should have Expected to have Leest Summore a joining to my loot which is Quite two Small as it is but Sr I hope thes lines will Find you in perfect good helth and bee kindly Receivd by your honour it is now I am going to inform you Sr of what I have been perposeing and thinking of...