III-A-3. Account of Items in the Estate Sold, 1759

Document III-A-3

Account of Items in the Estate Sold

[1759]

Sale of the Estate Sundries	Appraisd at	Sold for
	£ s. d.	£ s. d.
2 pair Andirons	. 7.6	.15
3 ⟨pr⟩ ditto Saddle Bridle &ca	10.	6.14.7
[1] pr ditto and 4 pots and Pot hooks	7.	2.
[1] Basket Butter pot Cannister &ca	. 4.	.13.6
⟨illegible⟩ old Trustle Bed Tea Chest	4.13.	2. 7.5

D, ViLxW. In GW’s Account Book as reassembled, this is the verso of sheet 21, following the Account of Items in the Estate used by Mrs. Custis (doc. III-A–2). GW gives it the heading printed here. GW may have intended to make here a complete list of estate items sold but stopped after the fifth entry. For recordings of items sold, see doc. III-A–5 and appendices B and E./

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Title: III-A-3. Account of Items in the Estate Sold, 1759
Author: Washington, George
Date: 1759

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Cite as: “III-A-3. Account of Items in the Estate Sold, 1759,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/02-06-02-0164-0008. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Colonial Series, vol. 6, 4 September 1758 – 26 December 1760, ed. W. W. Abbot. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1988, p. 236.]