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Letter to Thomas Fitzsimons, notice of order for 5 Guineas and meeting with General Pinckney, signed John Witherspoon, dated October 3, 1787.
Transcription
[recto] Princeton Octr. 3, 1787 Sir, I have just sent to Mr. Richd. Randolph of Virginia a small order for 5 Guineas he being in Philadelphia & his Credit being with Mr. Constable of N. York, on whom I have given a like order to Billy Ferguson who has leave to go to N. York upon a short visit - I hope you will forgive this Liberty as we could get no hard money here & it will be precisely the same there as here. Genl. Pinckney passed this place Yesterday to whom I showed a letter I had just received from Mr. Gadsden allowing me if John Ferguson is not likely to profit after consulting with the General to send him home by [illegible]. The General is desirous that he should stay if any thing can be made of him but left it to me to of that. I will therefore have a very particular Conversation with him & then determine whether any further Travel should be made I have the Honour to be Sir your most Obedt. humble Sevt. Jno Witherspoon Honbl. Tho’ Fitzsimmons Esqr. Philadelphia
Creation Date
10-3-1787
City
Princeton
State/Province
N.J.
Creator Life Dates
1723-1794
Keywords
John Witherspoon, Thomas Fitzsimmons, Richard Randolph, Virginia, Princeton, Constable, Billy Ferguson, New York, General Pinckney, Gadsden, John Ferguson, guineas, Philadelphia, 1787
Resource Identifier
080428-61
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
Witherspoon, John, "Letter from John Witherspoon to Thomas Fitzsimons" (1787). Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection. 83.
https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/83