Notification letter of land warrant to Col. John Fitzgerald, signed Benjamin Harrison

Authors

Benjamin Harrison

Files

Description

Letter to Col. John Fitzgerald from Benjamin Harrison, concerning a warrant for 5333 1/3 acres of land, dated April 3, 1784.

Transcription

Richd Apr. 3d 1784 Sir I have a warrant in your name for 5333 1/3 acres of land which I shall send? by a sage hand to the surveyor of the officers lands next week the expence is 5/ to the necessities? & half a Dollar a thousand to the survey or the first I have paid and will send the other with the warrant. I think it will be really worth your while to ask the assembly for the remainder as a grant as that time will not be worth a copper. I am your most obed. Servt. Benj. Harrison

Creation Date

4-3-1784

City

Richmond

State/Province

Va.

Creator Life Dates

1726-1791

Keywords

Benjamin Harrison, John Fitzgerald, Alexandria, Richmond, land, warrant, acres, 5333 1/3 acres, 1784

Resource Identifier

071023-02

Date Digital

October 2013

Document Type

Article

Publisher

Wofford College

Format (medium)

Manuscript

Format (IMT)

PDF

Language

En-us English

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 Adope 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

Harrison, Benjamin, "Notification letter of land warrant to Col. John Fitzgerald, signed Benjamin Harrison" (1784). Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection. 78.
https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/78