Colonel George William Fairfax’s invoice paid by Colonel George Washington

George Washington, American, 1732 - 1799 · September 13, 1773

This is a slip of paper with notations (not George Washington's handwriting) about postage for payment to be made by Colonel George Washington for Colonel George William Fairfax. Washington agreed to manage Fairfax's business accounts when he left Virginia in August 1773. The document includes the name of William Ramsay, who was postmaster at Alexandria, Virginia, by 1772. The amount for Fairfax's outstanding postage totaled ten shillings and ten pence, and according to Washington's account ledgers, he paid the full amount to Ramsay on January 17, 1774.