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Boudinot, formerly of the Continental Congress, writes in his private capacity as a lawyer, touching on a number of cases.
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[recto] Elizabeth Town Feb’y 24’ 1797 D SIr A long Absence from home, prevented the receipt of your Letters relative to Sir Rob Barkers Affair till about Ten days ago _ A multiplenty of more important Business necessarily engaged my attention on my return, till within a few days, I embraced the first Opportunity, of Considering the Papers sent me_ I have spent three Days on it and have given it a full Consideration, and have weighed every Objection ag. the Title, and am Convinced of the Propriety of requiring an Ejectment_ Enclosed you have the Result of my Reflections on the Subject_ I keep the Papers you sent me as I suppose they are Copies made out for the Purpose [illegible] if not I will return them on Notice_ Mr Franklin presses [prefers] me to bring an Action on your Note I mention to you_ Do Endeavour to settle it before Court, so as to prevent such a disagreeale Consequence_ Will you be so kind as to forward me all Lord Drummonds Survey, or rather Captain Drummonds that remain in your Office, also an Account of what Rights he is entitled to under the new dividend with a certified copy of the warrants_ When you get Mess ‘Patterson of Ogden’, [verso] Opinions you had better Exchange Copies with each after which, will be the Time for a Meeting_ I am D Sir Your Hble Servt [signed Elias Boudinot James Parker Esq
Creation Date
2-24-1779
City
Elizabeth
County
Union County
State/Province
New Jersey
Country
United States
Creator Life Dates
1740-1821
Keywords
Elias Boudinot, James Parker, Elizabethtown, New Jersey, 1787, Robert Barker, Lord Drummon, Captain Drummon
Resource Identifier
071025-06
Date Digital
2-18-2014
Document Type
Manuscript
Disciplines
History | Legal | United States History
Publisher
Wofford College
Format (medium)
manuscript
Format (IMT)
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
Boudinot, Elias, "Elias Boudinot letter to James Parker on legal matters. Elizabethtown, N.J., 1787." (1779). Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection. 134.
https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/134
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