George Washington Papers

Cash Accounts, August 1765

Cash Accounts

[August 1765]

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Augt  
8— By Mr Lund Washington £ 1.18.9
By Flaxseed 2 Bushls for Mr Roger Dixon2 0.12.0
14— By—Robinson for a 15 Hhd Flat3 13. 0.0
15— By Josias Cooke balle of Accts 4.17.0
19— By Jno. McClockland 1.16.3
By Jos. Cash4 0. 1.3
By Gerrard Bowling 0.10.0
By Mr Jno. Kirkpatrick 11.10.1 1/2
By Dinner & Club 0. 5.0

AD, General Ledger A description begins General Ledger A, 1750–1772. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. description ends , folio 211.

1. See note 1, Cash Accounts, July 1765.

2. Roger Dixon (d. 1772) was a prominent merchant of Fredericksburg.

3. GW left a blank for Robinson’s first name. It may be Andrew Robinson.

4. Joseph Cash was a planter who lived in Fairfax County in the neighborhood of Mount Vernon.

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    Cash Accounts, August 1765
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    “Cash Accounts, August 1765,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-07-02-0243. [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. 385.]