Cash Accounts, October 1765
Cash Accounts
[October 1765]
Contra | ||
Octr 4— | By Huntg Creek Inspectors | £8. 0.01 |
6— | By Chesnuts | 0. 2.6 |
21— | By Mr Saml Johnson for Mrs Smith | 2.10.0 |
By Mr Jas Wren for Spinning Wheels &ca2 | 4.14.6 | |
By 5 Oz. Verdigrease | 0. 2.6 | |
By Mrs Washington | 3. 0.0 | |
22— | By Wm Halley3 | 1. 0.0 |
By Wm Gardners Acct & Rect | 3.13.6 |
1. The duty on a hogshead of tobacco was five shillings. The total recorded here was for five hogsheads shipped in the Charming Polly, eight in the Industry, and twenty in the William and Mary ( , folio 121).
2. GW had acquired from James Wren (died c.1815) in 1765 “2 Linnen Wheels,” “1 Woolen” wheel, “1 Check-Reel,” and “1 Sett of Hemp-Heckles,” for a total cost of £4.14.6. Later, probably November 1765, he got another linen wheel, for sixteen shillings ( , folio 73). Wren drew the plans for Pohick and Falls churches in Fairfax County and for Christ Church in Alexandria.