Invoice of Goods to be sent for by Mr. John Gill of Baltimore for and on account of George Washington of Mount Vernon in Virginia, according to agreement - American History 1493-1945 - Adam Matthew Digital

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Field name	Value
Collection Reference Number	GLC05100
From Archive Folder	Documents Relating to 1799
Title	Invoice of Goods to be sent for by Mr. John Gill of Baltimore for and on account of George Washington of Mount Vernon in Virginia, according to agreement
Date	26 November 1799
Author	Washington, George (1732-1799)
Additional authors	Gill, John
Document Type	Business and financial document
Content Description	List of dry goods Washington ordered for his plantation. Includes blankets, buttons, and cloth. Most of the items are material for blankets and clothing for his slaves. Asks for "6 pieces of the largest - thickest and best striped Blanketing for negros. - these pieces generally contain 15 or 16 blankets each. -" This list was written two and a half weeks before Washington's death. Previous research stated that the paper has the watermark of George Washington's stationery, but this could not be confirmed. A partial watermark is at the bottom corner of verso.
Subjects	President Merchants and Trade Commerce Home Furnishings Mount Vernon Clothing and Accessories African American History Slavery
People	Gill, John (fl. 1799) Washington, George (1732-1799)
Place written	Mount Vernon, Virginia
Theme	Slavery & Abolition; Merchants & Commerce; African Americans
Sub-collection	The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information	Notes: Date is at the bottom right corner of original, but placed in the top left corner of transcript for convention. Published in Fitzpatrick, John C. The Writings of George Washington. vol.37 : 443. Signer of the U.S. Constitution.
Copyright	The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module	Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859
Transcript	Show/hide Invoice of Goods to be sent for by Mr. John Gill of Baltimore, for and on account of George Washington of Mount Vernon in Virginia, according to Agreement. 6 pair of the largest - finest - and best Bed Blankets. 6 pieces of the largest - thickest and best striped Blanketing for negros. - these pieces generally contain 15 or 16 blankets each. - 6 pieces of Ditto 2d sort - somewhat smaller. - 1. ps. of light coloured broad cloath (not quite white) for my servants liveries; - to cost about 7/6 sterg. pr. yard - 1 ps. of Scarlet for ditto to cost abt. 8/6 pr. yard Twist, silk & thread proportioned to Ditto 2 dble gross of white mettal buttons best kind 180 yards (or thereabouts, according to the number of yards in a piece) of blue thick set, or Dufd. for negros cloathing 200 yards - or thereabouts - of green do. for do. of a quality somewhat cheaper. 6 dble gross of the cheapest kind of white mettal Buttons. - Go: Washington Mount Vernon 26th. Novr. 1799} N.B. Received 5th. Feby. 1800. by us, Haddersford, Jo: Thos. Law A Harrison &C.

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