Letter from William Loughton Smith to Mathew Clarkson, New York, 1805.

Authors

William Loughton Smith

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Description

Smith complains of poltical attacks against him and explains that he is unable to pay a debt to Clarkson. Smith was a South Carolina Congressman and U.S. diplomat.

Transcription

Genl. Clarkson New York Jany. 9th 1805. Dear Sir -- I have been so tormented and engaged for several Day’s past in warding off the base attacks of Party, that I have not had it in my power to wait on you -- my note I find is due this day -- It mortifies me beyond expression to say I cannot pay it, permit me to solicit you will save me from the pain of a protest, I will call on you at 10 clock in the morning and explain why this happened, and endeavor to satisfy you, that it shall be soon arranged to your satisfaction, your goodness will persuade you to believe that it is my misfortune not my fault, that, I cannot at present embrace it -- Yours Respectfully W.L. Smith

Creation Date

1-9-1805

City

New York

State/Province

New York

Country

United States

Creator Life Dates

1758-1812

Keywords

W.L. Smith, William Loughton Smith, Matthew Clarkson, letter

Resource Identifier

080617-03

Date Digital

November 2013

Document Type

Manuscript

Disciplines

Archival Science | Political 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

Smith, William Loughton, "Letter from William Loughton Smith to Mathew Clarkson, New York, 1805." (1805). Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection. 120.
https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/120

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