George Washington Papers

[Diary entry: 12 April 1774]

12. Rid with Colo. Bassett &ca. to the Fishing Landing at Posey.

The fishermen were taking some shad but mostly herring, worth over £100 sterling, most of which was sold to Milnor on credit (LEDGER B description begins Manuscript Ledger Book 2, 1772-93, in George Washington Papers, Library of Congress. description ends , 123).

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    “[Diary entry: 12 April 1774],” Founders Online, National Archives, last modified June 29, 2017, http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/01-03-02-0004-0007-0012. [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. 244.]