From George Washington to John Didsbury, 20 July 1767

To John Didsbury

[Mount Vernon] Virginia July 20th 1767.

Sir,

Please to send the following Shoes &ca and apply to Messrs Cary & Co. for the amount.1

For Geo. Washington &ca	For Mastr Custis & to him chargd
1 pr dble Campaign Boots pr Mea[sur]e	6 pr strong Shoes	For a boy 14 yrs old—the last were too smal
	2 pr Neat Pumps
1 pr Do Do Shoes
1 pr Strg Calfskin Slippers
6 pr Womans bla: Callimanca pr Mea[sur]e to be broader in the Soles & not so strait over the Toes as they were last year	For Miss Custis & to her chargd
	3 pr bla. Callem[anc]a Pumps pr Meas[ur]e
	3 pr leathr Ditto flat Heels

Messrs Cary & Company will pay the Accts respectively and I am Sir Yr Very Hble Servt

Go: Washington

ALB, DLC:GW.

1. Robert Cary & Co. included these shoes in its invoice of 29 Oct. 1767.

Cite as: “From George Washington to John Didsbury, 20 July 1767,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-08-02-0005. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Colonial Series, vol. 8, 24 June 1767 – 25 December 1771, ed. W. W. Abbot and Dorothy Twohig. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1993, pp. 7–8.]