This tiny pocket book includes in Washington's words, "Memm. how the 4000£ Receiv'd of Mr. Boyd is expended." Alexander Boyd was the paymaster for the Virginia Regiment during the French and Indian War. Boyd also maintained the Disbursement Book for 1758, (volume 12). Other expenditures are also included in this volume.
There are 16 pages.
Washington, George. George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers: Virginia Military Accounts: Pocket Book, October, 1757 - March, 1758. 10-/03-1758, 1755. Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/mgw500009/. (Accessed February 16, 2017.)
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Virginia Colonial Militia Accounts: Memorandum Book, 1757 - 1758
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