Invoice from Crosbies & Trafford

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Invoice from Crosbies & Trafford

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Liverpool July 1765

Invoice of Merchandise shipped by Crosbies & Trafford on Board the Virginia William Buddecome Master for Virginia on the proper acct & risqué of Mr. George Washington Mercht at Mount Vernon Virginia---Vizt.

A Bundle Contg
1 piece 5/4 Sheeting @21 d.	[£] 3.17.
No. 22 2 Pieces yard wide Diaper 25 7ds 4/	5. 0.0
1 piece 10/4 wide Do 12 5/6	3. 6
Matt &c.	0. 1.4
	_____________
Loose
1 Rotherham Patent Plough	1. 8.
Twenty five Sacks Contg loo Bushells Salt 7 ½ [d.]	3. 2.6
25 Sacks 2/6	3. 2.6
	_____________
Paid Carriage of the Plough	0.14.
Paid Captains Primage	0.15.0
Cartage & Portge on Board with Charges in Custom House Towns dues &c.	0. 7.6
Our commission 2 ½ ct	0.10.7
	_____________
	£22. 4.5
By Nt proceeds Tobo	20.10-91/4
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	1.13-7 ¾

Source: Abbott, W., and Twohig, D (Eds). (1990) The Papers of George Washington. Colonial Series 7.
Charlottesville: The University Press of Virginia.

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