Cash Accounts, April 1770

Cash Accounts

[April 1770]

Cash
Apl 12—	To Willm Gardner weavg 13 Yds Cloth @ 1/3	£ 0.16. 31
13—	To Andw Robinson for wheat &ca	0.10. 0
27—	To G. ⟨Sl⟩ackum for 20 Bls of Salt @ 2/6––£2.10.0 13 M Herrings @ 3/—1.19.255 White fish 10/—1.5.6 5 lbs. Bacon .3.42	5.17.10
28—	To Cash for 3 M Herrings	0.10. 0
	To Mr Richd Watts Weaving3	0.16. 0
Contra
Aprl 6—	By Mr Harrison for his opinion4	0.12. 0
	By Postage of a Letter	0. 0. 7 1/2
7—	By Andw Robinson in part for work5	2. 0. 0
	By Edwd Williams	3.12.10
	By Joseph Gourt6	3. 0. 0
10—	By Expences at Cameron	0. 1. 3
	By James Connel7	3. 0. 0
13—	By Andrew Robinson pr Acct	4.10. 0

16—	By Jonathan Palmer	4. 0. 0
	By Augs. Darrell for Acct of Mrs S. Johnston8	8. 5. 0
18—	By Mr Christian Entrance for P[atsy] Custis and Milly Posey9	2. 0. 0
	By 175 Bushl Oyster shells @ 18/ Mill	1.11. 6
20—	By Willm Gardner for a Copper Kettle	5. 6. 0
26—	By Captn Posey pr Acct	11.16. 4
27—	By G. Slackum for 1257 ⟨feet⟩ Inch & ¼ P[lan]k @ 6/8—£4.3.9 Ditto 3696 Inch Do 6/—11.1.910	15. 5. 6
	By Cash gave away	0. 5. 0
29—	By William Skilling	0. 6. 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 314.

1. Gardner in August 1769 brought in the thread to be woven and in November received the finished broadcloth (Weavers’ Account).

2. This was probably George Slackum (Slacum; 1756-1810) who in 1776 was living in Dorchester County on Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Slackum was a Tory during the Revolution.

3. GW’s weaving account for 1767–71 records weaving 8 yards and two quarters of “Coverleds” for “Mr Watts,” at a cost of seventeen shillings (DLC:GW).

4. See Robert Hanson Harrison to GW, 5 April.

5. Andrew Robinson made and repaired nets and seines for GW from 1765 through 1768 (General Ledger A description begins General Ledger A, 1750–1772. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. description ends , folio 196).

6. Joseph Goart (Gourt, Goord) agreed on 2 Feb. 1770 to quarry sandstone for the walls of GW’s new mill at the rate of £3 per month. See General Ledger A description begins General Ledger A, 1750–1772. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. description ends , folio 333, 340, and Diaries description begins Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig, eds. The Diaries of George Washington. 6 vols. Charlottesville, Va., 1976–79. description ends , 2:217.

7. GW recorded having “rid to the Genl. Muster at Cameron” on 10 April, where he gave James Connell £3 in partial payment for “Work done to my House in Alex[andri]a” (Diaries description begins Donald Jackson and Dorothy Twohig, eds. The Diaries of George Washington. 6 vols. Charlottesville, Va., 1976–79. description ends , 2:227; General Ledger A description begins General Ledger A, 1750–1772. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. description ends , folio 321).

8. On this day GW gave to Augustus Darrell (d. 1777) £8.5 so that Darrell could “redeem” the “House under Execution” belonging to his future wife, Sarah McCarty Johnston, widow of George Johnston of Belvale and sister of Daniel McCarty (General Ledger A description begins General Ledger A, 1750–1772. Library of Congress, George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers. description ends , folio 300).

9. Francis Christian of Richmond County was holding dancing classes at Mount Vernon and Gunston Hall. The £2 paid him was the entrance fee for the two girls.

10. See note 2.

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