Ledger B, 1772 - 1793: pg.256
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Line 10 - In a letter to Richard Bland Lee of 11 Nov. 1787, which has not been found, GW enclosed "one guinea & an half " for a "ram Lamb," which GW apparently wanted brought to Mount Vernon with the assistance of Lee. Lee replied to GW on 23 Nov. from Alexandria, informing him that since "no expence was incurred" by Lee "in having" the lamb brought to that city, he was returning "the half guinea which has been sent on account of charges". Line 32 of the contra side of the ledger indicates that the lamb in question was probably the "Cape of Good Hope Lamb" for which GW recorded having paid £2.2 to Lee on 15 November. See Richard Bland Lee to GW, 23 Nov. 1787 [Rotunda | Founders Online | Print (Confederation Series, Volume 5, page 450)]. It is unclear as to GW's reasons for requesting the lamb, but he may have wanted it for breeding purposes, as he raised sheep at Mount Vernon and had been interested in both sheep breeding and wool production. See Arthur Young to GW, 19 May 1789 [Rotunda | Founders Online | Print (Presidential Series, Volume 2, pages 341-44)]; see also GW to John Sinclair, 20 Oct. 1792, and n.1 to that document [Rotunda | Founders Online | Print (Presidential Series, Volume 11, pages 247-48)]; and GW to Anthony Whitting, 21 April 1793 [Rotunda | Founders Online | Print (Presidential Series, Volume 12, pages 463-68)].
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| Year | Month | Day | Account Name | Entry | Page | £ | sh | d | ||||
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| 1 |
Cash Dr |
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| 2 | 1787 |
Amount brought over Pensya Curry £1792.14.6 eql to |
1268 1434 | 18 3 | 5 1/2 71/4 | |||||||
| 3 |
October 20th—Amount brought forward from Folio |
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| 4 | October | 27 |
To one Week's ferriages |
2 | 8 | 0 | ||||||
| 5 | Novr | 3 |
To Mr Fredk Skinner for a Jenny Sent to R. Gift & 21 weeks pasturage of do @ 3/ |
8 | 3 | 0 | ||||||
| 6 |
To one Week's ferriages |
1 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||
| 7 | 8 |
To Mr Battaile Muse recd of him on Acct of my Rents |
30 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 8 | 15 |
To Messrs Geo. & Lawe Washington by a bill on Colo. Fitzgerrald for |
36 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 9 | 17 |
To one Weeks ferriages |
0 | 19 | 6 | |||||||
| 10 | [*] | 24 |
To Richd Bland Lee Esqr. for half a Guinea retd which was paid him on Acct of a Lamb |
0 | 14 | 0 | ||||||
| 11 |
To one weeks ferriages |
1 | 11 | 0 | ||||||||
| 12 |
Amount carried over |
2784 | 5 | 6 3/4 |
| Year | Month | Day | Account Name | Entry | Page | £ | sh | d | |||||
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| 1 |
Contra Cr |
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| 2 | 1787. |
Amount brot over |
Pensya Curry £1620.15.7 |
1383 | 4 | 3 1/4 | |||||||
| 3 | September | 20 |
By Ferriages at Susquehana 18/ Exps. @ Havre de Grass 17/9 |
1.15.9 |
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| 4 | 21 |
By Exps. @ Skerritts 34/3 Brekft @ Balto. 18/6 |
2.12.9 |
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| 5 |
By Ferriage at Elk Ridge landing |
0.2.6 |
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| 6 |
By Servants |
0.3.9 |
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| 7 | 22 |
By Breakfast at Bladensburg |
0.14.0 |
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| 8 |
By Ferriage at George Town |
0.7.6 |
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| 9 |
By Dinner &c. in Alexandria amtg to £1.0.9 Virga currency equal to |
1.5.11 |
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| 10 |
[Total] |
1627.17.9 eql to |
1302 | 6 | 2 1/2 | ||||||||
| 11 | June— | 9 |
By Colo. Biddle pd him on acct |
24.7.[0] |
19 | 9 | 7 1/4 | ||||||
| 12 |
October 20th—Amount brought forward from |
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| 13 | October | 24 |
By Mathew Baldridge pd him on Acct of wages |
3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 14 | 25 |
By Thomas Green pd him on Acct of wages |
2 | 16 | 0 | ||||||||
| 15 |
By the Potomack Company for my expences at George Town at a Meeting of the Directors on the 22d Inst. |
0 | 16 | 6 | |||||||||
| 16 | Novr | 1 |
By Mr Wm Hartshorne pd him for a Bushl Clover seed |
2 | 8 | 0 | |||||||
| 17 | 2 |
By the Potomack Company for my expences at a meeting of the Directors in Alexandria |
1 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||
| 18 |
By Lawe McGennis pd him in full for weaving |
4 | 11 | 3 | |||||||||
| 19 |
By Mr Josh Davenport pd him on acct of wages |
9 | 16 | 0 | |||||||||
| 20 | 3 |
By Messrs Geo. & Lawe Washington, gave to Geo. on the 1st Inst. |
0 | 12 | 0 | ||||||||
| 21 |
By Henderson Ferguson & Gibson for a pr Stays bot in Augt last |
1 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||
| 22 | 8 |
By Wm H. Barell & Co. pd them in full for Buck wheat |
19 | 3 | 4 | ||||||||
| 23 |
By Mr Richards, Printer pd his Acct in full |
4 | 4 | 0 | |||||||||
| 24 |
By Winsor & Jinks pd them for a Rhde Isld Cheese wt 29 3/4 w. @ 8d. |
0 | 19 | 0 | |||||||||
| 25 |
By Wm Lowrey & Co. pd them for a piece hair Ribbon |
0 | 18 | 6 | |||||||||
| 26 |
By Wm Bushby pd him for cutting Glass &c. |
0 | 5 | 0 | |||||||||
| 27 |
By Mr Lear pd him |
3 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 28 |
By the Potomack Compy for my expences at a Meeting of the Directors in Alexandria |
0 | 9 | 0 | |||||||||
| 29 |
By the Potomack Company for Majr Junifer's 5th dividend on one share pd by me on the 3d Octr |
8 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 30 | 15 |
By Colo. Jno. Fitzgerrald pd his Acct of rum deld at Sundy times |
20 | 0 | 9 | ||||||||
| 31 |
By Messrs Jno. Murray & Co. pd them for 5 <lb.> pepper @ 2/6 |
0 | 12 | 6 | |||||||||
| 32 |
By Richd B. Lee pd him for a Cape of Good Hope Lamb |
2 | 2 | 0 | |||||||||
| 33 | 16 |
By Captn Slakum pd him for the freight of a turtle 1 bll limes & some Cocoa nuts from Norfolk |
0 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||
| 34 | 17 |
By Messrs Geo. & Lawce Washington pd their dancing Master's bill for one quarter's instruction |
2 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||
| 35 |
By Richd B. Walker pd him on acct of wages |
4 | 16 | 0 | |||||||||
| 36 | 22 |
By Mathew Baldridge pd him on Acct of wages |
2 | 16 | 2 | ||||||||
| 37 | 23 |
By Mrs Elizh Alton pd her a balance due to her Late Husband Jno. Alton |
6 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 38 | 24 |
By 2 Copper plate Copy books for the Children @ 4/ |
8 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 39 |
Carried over |
2815 | 3 | 4 |