George Washington Papers

Cash Accounts, February 1765

Cash Accounts

[February 1765]

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Feby 1st— By Nicholas Whitehorn £ 0. 5.0
8— By Saml Brasington 31 Barrls of Corn 6 head of Cattle &ca pr Acct1 18.10.0
13— By Mr [Charles] Greens Servants 0.10.0
15— By Colo. [George William] Fairfax’s Ditto 2. 0.0
18— By Saml Johnson Junr for Balle of Acc⟨t⟩ 6.10.0
19— By Messrs Green & Rind (pd Mr Jno. Muir) for the Maryland Gazette &ca2 2.19.4
21— By Nelson Kelly 25/—By 5/ 1.10.0
26— By Jno. Carney 0.12.6
By Edwd Williams 1.10.0
By Expences of a horse at Occoquan 0. 7.6
27— By Jno. Sheridine for a horse 8. 0.0

AD, General Ledger A description begins General Ledger A, 1750–1772. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. description ends , folio 203.

1. Nicholas Whitehorn was a cooper living in Fairfax County. In balancing the account by this payment, GW noted in the ledger charges against himself for leather “Breeches for Breechy” and “Coachman Jack” and for Mrs. Brasenton’s “laying a Negro Peg.” The charges entered against Samuel Brasenton were mostly for work done by GW’s smith (General Ledger A description begins General Ledger A, 1750–1772. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. description ends , folio 158).

2. Jonas Green established the Maryland Gazette in Annapolis in 1745 and William Rind became his partner in 1758. In 1766 Rind established his Virginia Gazette in Williamsburg. See Brigham, American Newspapers description begins Clarence S. Brigham. History and Bibliography of American Newspapers, 1690–1820. 2 vols. Worcester, Mass., 1947. description ends , 1:219, 2:1161.

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    Cash Accounts, February 1765
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    “Cash Accounts, February 1765,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-07-02-0220. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Colonial Series, vol. 7, 1 January 1761 – 15 June 1767, ed. W. W. Abbot and Dorothy Twohig. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1990, p. 352.]