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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)
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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