From George Washington to Robert Cary & Company, 4 November 1767

To Robert Cary & Company

Williamsburg Novr 4th 1767

Gentn

I have just drawn upon you (of this date) for Fifty pounds Sterg in favour of James Cocke Esqr. which please to pay & place to Acct of Mr Jno. Parke Custis. I am Gentn Yr Most Obedt H. Servt

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James Cocke, a merchant in Williamburg, was elected mayor of the town in 1767. See Guardian Accounts, 5 May 1769.

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Title: From George Washington to Robert Cary & Company, 4 November 1767
Author: Washington, George
Recipient: Robert Cary & Company
Date: 4 November 1767

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Cite as: “From George Washington to Robert Cary & Company, 4 November 1767,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-08-02-0032. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Colonial Series, vol. 8, 24 June 1767 – 25 December 1771, ed. W. W. Abbot and Dorothy Twohig. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1993, p. 59.]

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