Letter from Benjamin Lincoln, Jr. to William Palfrey, 1768.

Authors

Benjamin Lincoln Jr.

Files

Description

In this letter, Lincoln offers to deliver money to Palfrey, an associate of John Hancock, from a Mr. Barter, 1768.

Transcription

Mr. Barter? Informed me last week that he would discharge the Debt ? To you sometime this week if he offers the money on any part thereof I should be glad if you would accept it for ? You do receive a part of him it will not postpone the payment of the rest which will be when I come to Town in a few days. I am your most humble servant, Benj Lincoln Jr.

Creation Date

11-25-1768

City

Hingham

State/Province

Massachusetts

Country

United States

Creator Life Dates

1733-1810

Keywords

Benjamin Lincoln, Massachusetts, William Palfrey, 1768, money, Barter

Resource Identifier

080616-50

Date Digital

November 2013

Document Type

Manuscript

Disciplines

Archival Science | Social History | United States History

Publisher

Wofford College

Format (medium)

manuscript

Format (IMT)

PDF

Language

En-us

Digitization Specifications

800ppi 24-bit depth color; Scanned with an Epson 15000 Photo scanner with Epson Scan software; Archival master is a TIFF; TIFFs converted to PDF with Adobe Acrobat XI Pro.

Source

The original from which this digital representation is taken is housed in The Littlejohn Collection at Wofford College, located in the Sandor Teszler Library.

Recommended Citation

Lincoln, Benjamin Jr., "Letter from Benjamin Lincoln, Jr. to William Palfrey, 1768." (1768). Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection. 115.
https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/115

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