From George Washington to Capel & Osgood Hanbury, 4 November 1768

To Capel & Osgood Hanbury

Williamsburg November 4th 1768

Gentn

Of this date I have drawn upon you in favour of Mr James Gibson for One hundred pounds Sterling which please to pay, & place to Account of Mr John Parke Custis.1

Since my coming to this place I have receivd a Letter from you by Captn Young (Inclosing another for Mr Custis, with an Acct of the Sales of some of his Tobacco) which I shall take an oppertunity of answering sometime hence.2 In the meanwhile I remain Gentn Yr Most Obedt Hble Servt

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ALB, DLC:GW.

1. See GW to Hanbury, 3 Nov. 1767.

2. GW is referring to Hanbury’s letters of 20 June 1768 [1] [2]. Capt. John Young came into Virginia waters on 13 Oct. 1768.

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Title: From George Washington to Capel & Osgood Hanbury, 4 November 1768
Author: Washington, George
Recipient: Capel & Osgood Hanbury
Date: 4 November 1768

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Cite as: “From George Washington to Capel & Osgood Hanbury, 4 November 1768,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-08-02-0111. [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. 142.]

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