George Washington Papers

[Diary entry: 14 October 1772]

14. Went into the Neck to lay of some Fencing &ca. Posey went away.

GW today paid Posey £11 11s. 3d. for his right to 3,000 acres of land under the Proclamation of 1763 (General Ledger B description begins General Ledger B, 1772–1793. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. description ends , folio 61).

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    [Diary entry: 14 October 1772]
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    Washington, George
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    14 October 1772

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    “[Diary entry: 14 October 1772],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-03-02-0002-0023-0014. [Original source: The Diaries of George Washington, vol. 3, 1 January 1771–5 November 1781, ed. Donald Jackson. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1978, p. 137.]