Ledger C, 1790 - 1799: pg.23
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Line 12 - GW, who had traveled from Philadelphia to Mount Vernon in early September 1795, left his estate on his return to the capital on 12 October. GW did not arrive in that city until 20 Oct., "Owing to the bad weather, and the sickness on the road of both Washington [George Washington Parke Custis] and one of the Postilions (Joe)". See Diaries, 6:211, 213 [Rotunda | Founders Online] [Rotunda | Founders Online]; see also GW to William Pearce, 19 Oct. 1795, in Papers, Presidential Series, 19:59-60.
Line 17 - In a letter dated 7 Nov. 1795 at New York, a Mrs. R. de Segur wrote GW about her difficulties supporting her six children, and asked the President for financial assistance. She began her appeal by claiming that she had lost her fortune in Saint-Domingue and that her remaining "Small piece of land" was insufficient to support her and her family. Mrs. Segur added: "i am now out of the power to furnish any more bread to my children and . . . i can no more give them cloths." On 16 Nov., GW asked Alexander Hamilton to forward to Mrs. Segur, after investigating the truthfulness of her "narrative," the "pittance" that GW had enclosed to her in a letter. The "pittance" that GW sent was clearly the $50 shown in the transaction here. See Mrs Segur to GW, 7 Nov. 1795 [Print (Presidential Series, Volume 19, pages126-28)]; see also GW to Alexander Hamilton, 16 Nov. 1795 [Print (Presidential Series, Volume 19, page 155)].
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| Year | Month | Day | Account Name | Entry | Page | $ | ¢ | ||||
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| 1 |
Dr Cash |
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| 2 | 1795 |
To Amount Brought over |
Folo |
Dolls. 14798 | Cents 47 | ||||||
| 3 |
[Total] |
$14798 | 47 |
| Year | Month | Day | Account Name | Entry | Page | $ | ¢ | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Contra Cr |
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| 2 | “ |
By Amount Brought over |
Folo |
Dolls. 8533 | Cents 83 | |||||||
| 3 | 1795 | Octr | 1. |
By Servants |
1 | |||||||
| 4 | “ |
By Mrs Washington |
40 | “ | ||||||||
| 5 | 5 |
By Tobias Lear deld him to purchase Alexandria Bank Shares, on my acct |
2000 | “ | ||||||||
| 6 | “ |
By 4 dozen Limes |
2 | “ | ||||||||
| 7 | 7 |
By Miss Harriot Washington to pay her Exps from and to Fredericksburg |
20 | “ | ||||||||
| 8 | 9 |
By making 14 Shirts |
£7.2.6 |
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| 9 | “ |
By 6 pair Stockings for Washington Custis |
1.17.6 |
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| 10 | 10 |
By Miss E. Custis gave her for pocket money |
8.15.0 |
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| 11 | “ |
By Mrs Washington |
1.2.6 |
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| 12 | [*] | 20 |
By Exps from Mount Vernon to Philada |
44.2.11 |
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| 13 | 25 |
By Mrs Francis, widow of Samuel Francis for charity |
1.17.6 |
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| 14 |
Pennsyla Cy |
£64.17.11 |
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| 15 | Novr | 1 |
By Expenses of an Express to P. Henry Esqr This Sum ought to have been charged to the Public it being for a public purpose |
25 | ||||||||
| 16 | 10 |
By Mr B. Dandridge for household Exps |
200 | “ | ||||||||
| 17 | [*] | 15 |
By Madame de Seguer a french Lady in Distress gave her |
50 | ||||||||
| 18 | 16 |
By Mr Dandridge deld him for household exps |
1000 | |||||||||
| 19 | Decr | 3 |
By Subscription paid to Mr Jas Blythe towards erecting and Supporting an Academy in the State of Kentucky |
100 | ||||||||
| 20 | “ |
By Subscription towards an Academy in the South Western Territory |
100 | |||||||||
| 21 |
By Balance carrd to 1796, on the next side |
726 | 64 | |||||||||
| 22 |
[Total] |
$14798 | 47 |