Ledger A, 1750 - 1772: pg.320

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Line 36 - The advertisement that GW sent to Anne Catharine Green, publisher of The Maryland Gazette (Annapolis), has not been identified, but the following unsigned advertisement ran in her newspaper from 11 Oct. to 1 Nov. 1770: “The Ferry lately kept by Captain Posey (over Patowmack River) from his Landing, to the Plantation of Captain T. Hanson Marshall, in Charles County, is still continued, and Travellers may depend upon a ready Passage in most kinds of Weather, as there are good Boats of different Sizes, and strong Hands always attending.”

Planter and GW's neighbor John Posey operated a public ferry that crossed the Potomac River from the lower point  of the Mount Vernon neck to Marshall Hall in Charles County, Md., the home of Thomas Hanson Marshall. In April 1770, GW began to rent the ferry, and by a deed of release dated 8 June 1772, Posey conveyed to GW the 6–acre tract on the Potomac where Posey had his ferry and where he had lived. See Cash Accounts, October 1770, and n.2 [Rotunda | Founders Online | Print (Colonial Series, Volume 8, page 386)]; see also Diaries, 1:269-70; 3:7; and Cash Accounts, June 1772, and n.2 [Rotunda | Founders Online | Print (Colonial Series, Volume 9, pages 52-54)].

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Year Month Day Entry £ sh d
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2 1770

To amount brot from the other side

 £ 1127 12 4
3 Augt 9

To Cash won at Cards

 5
4 21

To 3 Guineas of Mr Magowan for a Gun Imported for him

 3 18 9
5

To Cash of Jno. Cannon

 8
6 29

To Ditto recd from Mr Hectr Ross

 20
7 Septr 15

To Ferriage money

 13
8 26

To Cash of Mr Hector Ross

 93 3 2
9 28

To Do of Mr Gilbt Simpson for Weavg

 11 3
10

Amt carrd to folio 329

 £ 1246 11 6
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Year Month Day Entry £ sh d
1
2 1770

By amount brot from the other side

 £ 692 14 8
3 Augt 9

By Club at Weedens - 1/3 By Servants 4/3

 5 6
4

By Expences at Dumfries

 10 3
5 11

By Mr Jno. Ball Mill

 2 10
6 12

By Onions &ca 6/9

 6 9
7

By John Harvey Mill

 1 0 0
8 18

By Jno. Roberts 1042 Bls Oystr Shells @ 18/ M

 9 7 6
9 21

By Charity

 8 6
10

By Quit rents - pr John Hough

 15 6 6
11

By ___ Rigdon on Acct of my Ho. in Alexa.

 4 6 0
12 29

By Cash lent Mr Robt Rutherford

 20
13

By Doctr Ross for 1 T. 7 C. 3 Q. 24 lbs. of Iron @ 27/ £38.1.9½ Maryld

 30 2 0
14 Septr 2

By Thos Bishop

 2 0 0
15

By Mr Jacob Gooding 20 M Dollars

 6 0 0
16 7

By Dominicus Gubner

 1 0 0
17

By Mrs Palmer for Butter

 6
18 9

By Corns Palmer Mill

 2 3
19

By Colo. Lewis to buy Butter - with 9 Pistoles

 9 13 6
20

By Charity - 3/9 - Bishop’s Exps. to P. Tobo 3/

 6 9
21 17

By Jno. P. Custis

 17
22

By Hatt ... from the Hatter in Alexa.

 1 18
23

By Dominicus Gubner

 12
24

By Mr John Muirs acct

 14 13 3
25 18

By Mr Jno. Hite for Bath Coating &ca

 3 5 8
26

By Mrs Washington - expended in Alexa.

 1 17
27

By Ditto for Pocket Money

 4 0 0
28 21

By Doctr Rumney’s acct for self

£6.4.6
29

Miss Custis

5.1.0
30

Colo. Lewis

1.0.0
31

[Total]

 12 5 6
32 22

By Jno. Hull Mason for Work on my Mill

 31 15 4
33 23

By Jonathan Palmer

 8
34 27

By Mrs Washington two Guinea’s

 2 12 6
35 29

By Mr Flemings Servt for Oar’s &ca

 17 6
36 [*] Octr 3

By Cash sent Mrs Green of Annapolis Printg Advertisemt abt Poseys Ferry

 6 6
37

By Luke Kenny Sadler his Acct

 2 6 3
38 5

By Cash to Jno. P. Custis 20/ - By Do to M.P.C. 20/

 2 0 0
39 6

By Expences in a journey to the Ohio - viz. -
40

at Masss Ordy

[0].3.6
41

Leesburg

[0].10.[0]
42

for Sugar there

[0].5.8
43

Do Mug

[0].1.3
44

Amt carrd to folio 329

£1.0.5

 £ 885 13 5
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