George Washington Papers

[Diary entry: 16 May 1760]

Friday May 16th. Still Cool and Windy—my People yet continuing at Muddy hole. My Brother Jno. left this and I got Nations Estate Appraisd by Messrs. McCarty Barry & Triplet—as follows viz.

One old Gun & lock 7.6
1 Small Bell 2.6
1 Suit of Cloaths viz. }
a Coat Waistt. Breechs.
Shirt, Hat, Shoes & Garters
10
A Small parcel of Lea[the]r 1

Nations’s estate still owed GW £1 11s. 1d., but GW wrote off that balance as “given to his Widow” (General Ledger A description begins General Ledger A, 1750–1772. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. description ends , folio 69). Barry is probably John Barry (d. 1775), the clerk of Pohick Church, an original trustee of the town of Colchester, and a neighbor of Daniel McCarty.

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    Washington, George
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    16 May 1760

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    “[Diary entry: 16 May 1760],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-01-02-0005-0005-0016. [Original source: The Diaries of George Washington, vol. 1, 11 March 1748 – 13 November 1765, ed. Donald Jackson. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1976, p. 280.]