George Washington Papers

[Diary entry: 22 October 1761]

Octr. 22d. Began Captn. Posey’s Barn with Turner Crump & Six Carpenters.

Turner Crump was hired by GW in Dec. 1760 to oversee GW’s slave carpenters at a wage of £30 per year. This construction project apparently marked the first time GW contracted Crump and his slave carpenters out to do work for others.

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    [Diary entry: 22 October 1761]
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    Washington, George
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    22 October 1761

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    “[Diary entry: 22 October 1761],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-01-02-0006-0005-0002. [Original source: The Diaries of George Washington, vol. 1, 11 March 1748 – 13 November 1765, ed. Donald Jackson. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1976, pp. 291–292.]