arges, 2,952 10 1

Expended besides, dollars according to the
scale of depreciation, 6,114 14 0
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_l._ 16,311 17 1
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"Two hundred guineas advanced to General M'Dougal are not included in
the _l._ 1982 10 0 not being yet settled, but included in some of the
other charges, and so reckoned in the general sum.

"Note; 104,364, of the dollars were received after March, 1780, and
although credited at forty for one, many did not fetch at the rate of
a hundred for one; while 27,775 of them are returned without deducting
any thing from the above account (and, therefore, actually made a
present of to the public)."

General Washington's account from
June, 1778 to the end of June, 1783, 16,311 17 1

Expenditure from July 1, 1783, to December 13, 1,717 5 4

Added afterward from thence to December 28, 213 8 4

Mrs. Washington's travelling expenses in
coming to the general and returning, 1,064 1 0
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_l._ 19,306 11 9
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Lawful money of Virginia, the same as
Massachusetts, or sterling, _l._ 14,479 18 9 3-4

The general entered in his book--"I find upon the final adjustment of
these accounts, that I am a considerable loser, my disbursements
falling a good deal short of my receipts, and the money I had upon
hand of my own: for besides the sums I carried with me to Cambridge in
1775, I received monies afterwards on private account in 1777, and
since, which (except small sums, that I had occasion now and then to
apply to private uses) were all expended in the public service:
through hurry, I suppose, and the perplexity of business, (for I know
not how else to account for the deficiency) I have omitted to charge
the same, whilst every debit against me is here credited."

July 1st, 1783.

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NOTE--No. III. _See Page 179._

The year 1784 had nearly passed away before the determination of the
British cabinet not to evacuate the western posts was known to the
government of the United State