Receipts for hay

Containers:
Box 20, Folder 1791.00.00
Creator:
Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816 and Dandridge, Bartholomew, approximately 1774-1802
Scope and content:

Receipts for hay for the President. 7 partly printed documents, various sizes on verso. The central document is an agreement/receipt between Tobias Lear and William Crouch, the hay dealer. Document is in the hand of Bartholomew Dandridge, signed by Lear and witnessed by Dandridge. 4 papers are weight slips for a load of hay naming the buyer as "Mr. President" or "Mr. Washington." 2 slips are receipted invoices signed by William Crouch to Lear for 100 bales of rye straw.

Language:
English .

Access and use

Location of collection:
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
The George Washington Presidential Library at Mount Vernon
3600 Mount Vernon Memorial Highway
Mount Vernon, VA 22121
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POC: Reference services
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Parent restrictions:
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