From George Washington to Robert Cary & Company, 5 December 1773
To Robert Cary & Company
Williamsburg Decr 5th 1773
Gentn
In a Letter of the 10th Ulto I inform’d you of a purchase I had in contemplation. I have now made it, & have drawn the following Bills upon you, which please to pay & place to the Acct of Mr Custis, for whose benefit the Lands are bought1—viz.
To Peyton Randolph John Page & Charles Carter Esqrs. | £3679.5 | 4th | Decr | 1773. |
To Edwd Charlton | 350 | Do | Do | Do |
To Benjn Walker Esqr. | 100 | 3 | Do | Do |
Ditto | 100 | 4 | Do | Do |
Ditto | 100 | 5 | Do | Do |
To Mrs Margaret Hunter | 100 | 4 | Do | Do |
I have no doubt of the above Bills meeting with due honour—& having nothing further to add at this time shall conclude Gentn Yr Most Hble Servt
Go: Washington
ALB, DLC:GW.
1. These bills of exchange were partial payment for Falls plantation which William Black was buying from William Byrd III’s trustees, Peyton Randolph and Byrd’s brothers-in-law, John Page and Charles Carter of Cleve. See Bond to William Black, 30 Nov., n.2. See also GW to Cary, 10 Nov., nn.3, 4, and 6.