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 (General Ledger B description begins General Ledger B, 1772–1793. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. description ends , folio 123).
“[Diary entry: 12 April 1774],” Founders Online, National Archives, https://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.]