John Backhouse was a Liverpool merchant involved in the Virginia trade. In 1762 Backhouse sent salt to GW. His ship, the Marlborough, William Quinney master, entered the Rappahannock River with the salt in May 1762.
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The Papers of George Washington Digital Edition, ed. Theodore J. Crackel. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, Rotunda, 2008.