Manuscript/Mixed Material George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers: George Washington's Revolutionary War Expense Account, 1775-1783

George Washington, June-July, 1775 Washington's Accounts In the Continental Congress on June 15, 1775, Thomas Johnson, delegate from Maryland, moved the unanimous election of George Washington, Esquire, as General and Commander-in-Chief of all the forces raised...
- Contributor: Washington, George
- Date: 1775
George Washington, July, 1775 DEBIT ENTRIES 1775, July—the sundry sums expended include an item for upholstery work by Joseph Cox, in New York City, a portmanteau trunk, writing paper, sealing wax, and other stationary from Hugh...
- Contributor: Washington, George
- Date: 1775
George Washington, July, 1775 CREDIT ENTRIES 1775, July 19—Colonel Joseph Trumbull was a son of Governor Jonathan Trumbull, of Connecticut. He had been Commissary-General of Connecticut troops, a delegate to the Continental Congress, and was, at...
- Contributor: Washington, George
- Date: 1775
George Washington, July, 1775 DEBIT ENTRIES 1775, August 1—William Howe, a Cambridge shopkeeper. His account was for cloth and thread. 1775, August 5—A complete list of the names of the servants at Headquarters in 1775 is...
- Contributor: Washington, George
- Date: 1775
George Washington, July-September, 1775 CREDIT ENTRIES 1775, August—James Warren, a Plymouth merchant, was appointed Paymaster-General of the Continental Army July 27, 1775. He resigned in August, 1776, and later became president of the Provincial Congress of...
- Contributor: Washington, George
- Date: 1775
George Washington, July-August, 1775 DEBIT ENTRIES 1775, September 28—Ebenezer Gray was Lieutenant in the 3d Connecticut Regiment and later Regimental Quartermaster of the 11th Continental Infantry and Lieutenant-Colonel of the 6th Connecticut Regiment. this expense was...
- Contributor: Washington, George
- Date: 1775
George Washington, September-October, 1775
- Contributor: Washington, George
- Date: 1775
George Washington, August-October, 1775 DEBIT ENTRIES 1775, November 5—George Baylor served on Washington's staff as Aide until appointed Colonel of the 3d Continental Dragoons, January 9, 1777. As a reward for his bravery at Trenton he...
- Contributor: Washington, George
- Date: 1775
George Washington, 1775-76 CREDIT ENTRIES 1775, December 26—Colonel James Frye's Massachusetts Regiment.
- Contributor: Washington, George
- Date: 1775
George Washington, October-December, 1775 DEBIT ENTRIES 1776, February 5—The articles purchased by Baylor were cakepans, saucepans, candlesticks, and like miscellany from William Lowder, of Cambridge. 1776, February 7—In Austin's accounts are items, under February 12, for...
- Contributor: Washington, George
- Date: 1775
George Washington, February-April, 1776 CREDIT ENTRIES 1776, March 29—Dummer Jewett, Chairman of the Committee of Essex County, Massachusetts, to purchase arms. 1776, March 30—Colonel John Mitchell, Deputy Quartermaster-General. 1776, April 3—James Barrett, Chairman of the Committee...
- Contributor: Washington, George
- Date: 1775
George Washington, 1775-76 DEBIT ENTRIES 1776, April—This inspection of the harbor islands was to decide on the location of fortifications necessary for defending Boston. 1776, April—Among the household accounts from March 12 to April 3...
- Contributor: Washington, George
- Date: 1775
George Washington, April, 1776 CREDIT ENTRIES 1776, May—Mrs. Mary Smith acted as housekeeper at Headquarters from April 12 to June 26, 1776. She appears to have remained at Headquarters until July, when she was succeeded by...
- Contributor: Washington, George
- Date: 1775
George Washington, May-June, 1776 DEBIT ENTRIES The Account here shifts into New York Currency 1776, April 25—The reconnoitering tours of Staten and Long Islands and the North River [as the Hudson was often called] were, in...
- Contributor: Washington, George
- Date: 1775
George Washington, April-June, 1776
- Contributor: Washington, George
- Date: 1775
George Washington, May-June, 1776 DEBIT ENTRIES 1776, June—Mamaroneck in Westchester County, New York. 1776, June 26—Captain Caleb Gibbs, afterwards Major-Commandant of the Commander-in-Chief's Guard. While never an Aide-de-Camp to Washington, he was, of course, on duty...
- Contributor: Washington, George
- Date: 1775
George Washington, June-September, 1776
- Contributor: Washington, George
- Date: 1775
George Washington, June-August, 1776 DEBIT ENTRIES On September 13 the main body of the Continental Army was moving slowly northward toward the high ground of Harlem Heights and Kingsbridge, as a council of war had decided...
- Contributor: Washington, George
- Date: 1775
George Washington, September-December, 1776
- Contributor: Washington, George
- Date: 1775
George Washington, August-December, 1776 DEBIT ENTRIES 1777, January 1—Joseph Reed, Lieutenant-Colonel and Aide to Washington and Adjutant-General of the Continental Army from June, 1776, to January, 1777. 1777, January 1—No vouchers for these sundry expenses are...
- Contributor: Washington, George
- Date: 1775
George Washington, January-May, 1777 CREDIT ENTRIES 1777, February 14—Major-General John Sullivan. This and the preceding entry are explained in the notes to the Debit Entries 1776, December, ante. Regarding this Morris credit Washington wrote to James...
- Contributor: Washington, George
- Date: 1775
George Washington, January-May, 1777 DEBIT ENTRIES 1777, June 1—During the campaign around Trenton the management of the secret service was largely in the hands of Major John Clark, Jr., who had been Aide to Major-General Nathanael...
- Contributor: Washington, George
- Date: 1775
George Washington, May-August, 1777
- Contributor: Washington, George
- Date: 1775
George Washington, May-August, 1777 DEBIT ENTRIES September 11, 1777, occurred the battle of Brandywine, in which Cornwallis, through Sullivan's misinformation, succeeded in outflanking Washington and compelling his retreat. [In daily expense account there is an entry...
- Contributor: Washington, George
- Date: 1775
George Washington, 1777-78 DEBIT ENTRIES The route of the army was by way of Doylestown and Coryell's Ferry. the orders for June 19 are dated from Doctor Shannon's, and on June 20 £1 17s. 6d....
- Contributor: Washington, George
- Date: 1775
George Washington, 1777-78 DEBIT ENTRIES 1778, September—Washington was at West Point September 19 and there is an expense item of £9 12s. for victualing the servants at Jacob Mandeville's this same day, which was, however,...
- Contributor: Washington, George
- Date: 1775
George Washington, September-December, 1778
- Contributor: Washington, George
- Date: 1775
George Washington, September-December, 1778 DEBIT ENTRIES 1779, February 6—Washington left Middlebrook December 22, and arrived at Philadelphia that same day. Congress desired to consult with him as to plans for the campaign of 1779. The Commander-in-Chief...
- Contributor: Washington, George
- Date: 1775
George Washington, 1778-79 CREDIT ENTRIES 1779, June—Washington had requested these five hundred guineas from Congress and they were forwarded to him through Major Auguste Despini`eres reached America in March, 1777, before Lafayette, and was commissioned...
- Contributor: Washington, George
- Date: 1775
George Washington, 1778-79 DEBIT ENTRIES 1779, November 6 - December 23—Among the itemized expenses covering the months of November and December, 1779, is one of December 8 of a payment of £102 to Lieutenant-Colonel Tench...
- Contributor: Washington, George
- Date: 1775
George Washington, 1779-80
- Contributor: Washington, George
- Date: 1775
George Washington, 1779-80 DEBIT ENTRIES 1780, October 16—John Mercereau, a Captain of New Jersey militia, commenced his secret service operations as early as 1777 and furnished valuable information throughout the war. At this time he...
- Contributor: Washington, George
- Date: 1775
George Washington, September-December, 1780 CREDIT ENTRIES 1780, December 14—Tench Tilghman volunteered as Aide to Washington in August, 1776, and served without pay or rank until April, 1777, when he was appointed Lieutenant-Colonel and Aide and served...
- Contributor: Washington, George
- Date: 1775
George Washington, November-December, 1780 DEBIT ENTRIES 1781, February—Lieutenant William Colfax, of the Commander-in-Chief's Guard. He had enlisted as a private in the 13th Continental Infantry in May, 1775. Discharged at the end of the year he...
- Contributor: Washington, George
- Date: 1775
George Washington, February-September, 1780 CREDIT ENTRIES 1781, February—Lieutenant-Colonel John Pierce was appointed Paymaster-General, January 17, 1781, and served in that capacity to the end of the war. 1781, March—Mr. Burwell was Deputy Paymaster-General Jonathan Burrall, who...
- Contributor: Washington, George
- Date: 1775
George Washington, 1780-81
- Contributor: Washington, George
- Date: 1775
George Washington, September, 1781 CREDIT ENTRIES 1781, October—David Ross, at one time Major in Grayson's Additional Continental Regiment, and at this time Commissioner of Trade for Virginia. Thomas Pleasants, Jr., a Virginia merchant. Robert Morris, Superintendent...
- Contributor: Washington, George
- Date: 1775
George Washington, September-October, 1781 DEBIT ENTRIES 1781, September 8—Daniel Grant, owner of the Fountain Inn, Baltimore. His account was for eight dinners for Washington and his suite and also for seven servants. September 9, sixteen horses...
- Contributor: Washington, George
- Date: 1775
George Washington, September-November, 1781
- Contributor: Washington, George
- Date: 1775
George Washington, October-November, 1781 DEBIT ENTRIES 1781, December 1—Colonel Trumbull's expense account shows the route to have been Bryrd's [spelled “Bird's” in the voucher], Hanover Court House, Lynch's, Bowling Green [spelled “Bolling Green” in the previous...
- Contributor: Washington, George
- Date: 1775

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Title: George Washington Papers, Series 5, Financial Papers: George Washington's Revolutionary War Expense Account, 1775-1783
Contributor Names: Washington, George, 1732-1799 (Author)
Created / Published: 1775/1783
Subject Headings: - United States; - Manuscripts
Genre: Manuscripts
Notes: - Formerly "Revolutionary War Expense Account, 1775-1783"
Call Number/Physical Location: series: Series 5, Financial Papers, 1750-1796; MSS 44693: Reel 116
Source Collection: George Washington papers
Repository: Manuscript Division
Language: English
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