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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)
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