Bushrod Washington, a justice of the Supreme Court of United States, requests $875 be paid to Charles Simms, collector at the port of Alexandria, April 1, 1801.

Authors

Bushrod Washington

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Description

Bushrod Washington, a justice of the Supreme Court of United States, requests $875, one quarter of his salary, to be paid to Charles Simms, collector at the port of Alexandria. April 1, 1801.

Transcription

Alexandria April 1, 1801 Sir Please pay to Charles Simms collector in the port of Alexandria or order at sight eight hundred & seventy five dollars being for one quarter’s salary due me the day as one of the Justices of the Supreme Court of the United States. Bushrod Washington Pay Treasurer of the United States, Ch. Simms Coll pay to credit of Sam Meredith G. Simpson, cashier

Creation Date

4-1-1801

City

Alexandria

State/Province

Virginia

Country

United States

Creator Life Dates

1762-1829

Keywords

Alexandria, 1801, 01 April 1801, Charles Simms, port, salary, Justices, Supreme Court, Bushrod Washington, collector, Sam Meredith, G. Simpson, cashier, treasurer

Resource Identifier

080421-02

Date Digital

2-18-2014

Document Type

Manuscript

Disciplines

Economic History | Legal | Legal Profession | 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

Washington, Bushrod, "Bushrod Washington, a justice of the Supreme Court of United States, requests $875 be paid to Charles Simms, collector at the port of Alexandria, April 1, 1801." (1801). Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection. 157.
https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/157

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