The True George Washington [10th Ed.] by Paul Leicester Ford
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page 112 of 306 (36%)
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Dogue Run Farm. 397.11.02 Union Farm ..... 529.10.11-1/2 River Farm ..... 234. 4.11 Smith's Shop.... 34.12.09 1/2 Distillery ..... 83.13.01 Jacks .......... 56.01 Traveller (studhorse) 9.17 Shoemaker....... 28.17.01 Fishery ........ 165.12.0-3/4 Dairy .......... 30.12.03 _Cr. lost._ Mansion House... 466.18.02-1/2 Muddy Hole Farm 60.01.03-1/2 Spinning ....... 51.02.0 Hire of head overseer .... 140.00.0 By Clear gain on the Estate. _£_898.16.4-1/4 A pretty poor showing for an estate and negroes which had certainly cost him over fifty thousand dollars, and on which there was livestock which at the lowest estimation was worth fifteen thousand dollars more. It is not strange that in 1793 Washington attempted to find tenants for all but the Mansion farm. This he reserved for my "own residence, occupation and amusement," as Washington held that "idleness is disreputable," and in |
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