68351From George Washington to Valentine Crawford, 27 December 1773 (Washington Papers)
I have just obtained an order of council to grant lands under the King’s proclamation of October, 1763, to the officers and soldiers, by which a lieutenant is entitled to 2000 acres, but that the Governor would not grant his warrants of survey to any that did not personally apply for them. Numbers, however, are obtaining these warrants, and locating them with the surveyors of Augusta,...
68352To George Washington from William Crawford, 29 December 1773 (Washington Papers)
Som People about 10 or 12 in number has gon on your Cherter Land within this few days and there is no geting them of without by Force of Arms They are in Couraged by Majr ward Brother to Colo. Croghan ho Claims the Land and says he has a Grant from Crown for that Land and he will undemnefie them, if they will set in any house whare no Person is Living and also offers the Land for Sail...
68353From George Washington to George William Fairfax, 30 December 1773 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: to George William Fairfax, 30 Dec. 1773. On 30 June 1786 GW wrote Fairfax : “The letters of . . . 30th of Decr 177⟨3⟩ . . . contain a full, & accurate acct of every thing that had occurred relative to your business.”
68354From George Washington to Jacob Van Braam, 30 December 1773 (Washington Papers)
To the Letter I addressed you on the 22d of Novr 1771, (which Colo. Mercer in one of his dated the 1st of April followg, informs me he had forwarded, & had receiv’d your remarks upon), I have never been favor’d with an answer, altho’ it was on a matter which required the united efforts of the parties concern’d to carry it into execution, and of such a nature as not to be prosecuted, without...
68355To George Washington from Bartholomew Dandridge, 30 December 1773 (Washington Papers)
I now am to give you an Account of my Proceedings with Mr Black which I am afraid will not prove so satisfactory as I could wish. After going to the Office in King William & geting what Papers I could find I went to Mr Black’s for further information, but could not see him, I then left a Letter informing him that I should wait on him, from King William Court with Mr Wythe’s Opinion and, in...
68356Enclosure: Legal Opinion of George Wythe, 15 December 1773 (Washington Papers)
Col. Washington seemed to be satisfied as to the King & Queen lands, which belonged to Mr Story, without inquiring into the title before the date of his Will in 1717, if the title be regularly deduced from him. I think by the Will the estate devised to the daughter was a contingent fee, determinable by her death, without leaving issue or without having alienated, so that the estate in fee,...
68357From George Washington to James Mercer, December 1773 (Washington Papers)
When I sat seriously down, divested of other thoughts, to write to Mr Montague on the Subject of the power of attorney which he Inclosed to Colo. Tayloe, Colo. Mason, & myself, it appeared, if not absolutely necessary, at least, that it would be very satisfactory to him, and the Mortgagees, (as matters are very differently circumstanced to what they expected) to receive authentick Copi⟨es⟩ of...
68358Memorandum List of Quitrents, 1773 (Washington Papers)
A List of Lands belonging to Geo: Washington in the Northern Neck—on wch Quit-rents became due—Michaelmas 1773. In Fairfax County—Mt Vernon 2126 Bought of Darrell 500 Clifton 1806 Brent 238 Wm Ashford 135 Geo: Ashford 135 Simn Pearson 178 Wm Whiting 200 Jno. Posey 200
68359Cash Accounts, January 1774 (Washington Papers)
Cash Jan. 6— To Cards [£] 0.18. 0 8— To Ditto [cash] recd for making a Suit of Cloaths 1. 0. 0 To Ditto for a Bushl of Meal 0. 2. 6 To Ditto recd from Mr [Robert] Adam Shoing his Horse 0. 4. 0 11— To Ditto recd of Mr Jas Hill by Jos[ia]s Cornelius 132. 3. 1 31— To Ditto recd from Bryan Fairfax Esqr. a years Intt of the money lent him J[ohn] P[arke] C[ustis] 12.19.10 Contra Jany 3— By Cash to...
68360To George Washington from James Mercer, 1 January 1774 [letter not found] (Washington Papers)
Letter not found: from James Mercer, 1 Jan. 1774. On 8 Jan. GW wrote Mercer : “Your Letter of the 1st Instt, came to my hands yesterday.”