Ledger B, 1772 - 1793: pg.276

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	Year	Month	Day	Account Name	Entry		Page		£	sh	d
1				Cash Dr
2	1789.				Amount brot over			£	1039	7	1
3		Novr	29		To one week's ferriages 37/10. Decr 6th one weeks ferriages 21/		263		2	18	10
4		Decr—	13		To ditto 29/ 20th ditto 31		263		2	10	0
5			31.		To an omission in Entering some rects of Cash, but whether in the years 1786-87 or 88 is uncertain, as an error appears to have been carried through these years & an acct of the money on hand never having been taken 'till the present year				154	10
6					[Total]			£	1199	5	11
7	1789	January	1		To Cash on hand	£67.12.6
8			3		To Ferriages recd for one week	[0].9.[0]	278
9			6		To Benjn Dulany Esqr. recd of him one year's rent of the place on which he now lives exclusive of the taxes of said land pd by him amounting to £5.6.3	114.13.9	132
10			9		To fish sold at the landing last spring	[0].12.[0]
11			10		To one week's ferriages	[0].4.[0]	278
12			25		To Messrs Geo. & Lawce Washington recd on their acct from Colo. Chas Washington	45.[0].[0]	250
13			31		To one week's ferriages	[0].1.[0]	278
14					[Total]				228	12	3
15		February	6		To___ Smith for 6 Barrels Herrings @ 15/	4.10.0
16			7		To one week's ferriages	[0].5.[0]	278
17					Carried over	4.15.0

	Year	Month	Day	Account Name	Entry		Page		£	sh	d
1				Contra Cr
2	1788				Amount brot over			£	1088	7	5
3		Novr—	24		By Messrs Geo. & Lawce Washington pd Mr OKelly for one quarters Instruction in dancing 2 half Joes		250		2	16	0
4					By silk, twist & thread bot at Alexandria				0	1	8
5		Decr	4		By Philip Conn pd him my subscription towards repairg the Church in Alexandria				3	0	0
6			6		By Richd B. Walker pd him his Order in favr of J. Farifax [Fairfax]		252		1	19	0
7			8		By Mr P. Marsteller pd him for 2 boxes of Claret @ 65/ ea.				6	10	0
8					By repairing a Gun 2/— By a tin quart measure 1/					3
9			12		By Mrs D. Parker pd her for delivering 8 Women as per Mem.				4
10			13		By Captn Bayne pd him the freigt of 2 pigs & 2 Geese from Norfolk					7	4
11			17		By Thos Green pd him on Acct of wages his order in favor of H. Fai[r]fax		252		2	1	3
12			20		By Thos Mahony pd him on Acct of wages		271		1	10
13					By Thos Green pd him in advance for wages		252		2	8
14					By Captn J. Speake pd him for 18 Bs. Wheat @ 4/6				4	1
15			24		By Josh Davenport pd him on acct of wages		258		5	9	4
16			25		By Richd B. Walker pd him on acct of wages		252		3
17					By William Gray pd him in full for weaving to this date		263		3	8	5
18					By the Taylor, Shoemaker & Dutchman gave them 3/ ea.					9
19					By Mr Tobias Lear pd him		259			12
20					By Peter & Giles gave them 6/ ea.					12
21					By 2 pr wht. worsted Stockings @ 9/					18
22					[Total]				1131	13	5
23			31.		By Cash on hand to be carried to the debit of next year		277		67	12	6
24					[Total]			£	1199	5	11
25	1789	January	5		By Messrs Williams & Cary pd them for 2 3/8 yds superfine bd Cloth @ 42/6 Md Curry £5.0.11	£4.0.9 1/2
26					By ditto for a Vest pattern 18/9 Md Curry	[0].15.[0]
27					By a brass Cock 2/ —2 Almanacks 2/6 — Silk & twist 2/	[0].6.6
28			6		By Mrs Penelophe French pd into the hands of Mr William Triplett on her acct in part payment of one year's rent of her Plantation and Negroes, viz. from January 1st 1788 to January 1st 1789	114.13.9	27
29			9		By writing paper bought in Alexandria	[0].6.[0]
30			10		By Mr Tobias Lear pd him	6.[0].[0]	259
31			28		By Messrs Geo. & Lawce Washington pd Messrs Porter and Ingraham on their Acct	45.[0].[0]	250
32					[Total]				171	2	0 1/2
33		February—	2		By my Exps. at Alexa. to the Election of Represents.	[0].7.6
34			6		By Mr John Fairfax pd him on acct of wages	1.16.[0]	260
35					By a Latin Grammar 3/ Silk & twist & thread 2/2	[0].5.2
36					Carried over	2.8.8