1. William Holt was a merchant in James City County who operated a flour mill near Williamsburg in the 1760s and 1770s. Captain Thomas Hooper of the Cornwall entered York River from London on 7 July 1759 carrying sundry European goods.

2. Bryan Fairfax was repaying the £21 that GW lent him, 13 Feb. 1758 (General Ledger A description begins General Ledger A, 1750–1772. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. description ends , folio 49).

3. Newcastle (New Castle) was a village on the Pamunkey River in Hanover County.

4. James Allan was a joiner in Fredericksburg.

5. For GW’s previous dealings with John Ballendine, see GW to John Ballendine, 18 April 1758, and Edward Snickers to GW, 19 July 1758. For the controversy arising out of the purchase of iron, see George Johnston to GW, 8 Jan. 1760, and notes.

6. William Poole, overseer of the mill farm at Mount Vernon, received £7 in 1759 for “looking after my Mill” (General Ledger A description begins General Ledger A, 1750–1772. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. description ends , folio 69).

7. Joseph Javins of Fairfax County died intestate in 1760, probably in June, and two of GW’s overseers, William Poole and Richard Stephens, were among those appointed to inventory his estate.

8. This was probably Col. Presley Thornton.

9. This was “for Freight & Charges on 15 Hhds Tobo shipd pr the Fair American” (General Ledger A description begins General Ledger A, 1750–1772. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. description ends , folio 57).

10. A hummum is a Turkish bath, but GW was referring to a kind of East Indian cotton cloth often called humcum.