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Title

Indenture, signed by John Rutledge, 1786.

Authors

John Rutledge

Files

Description

Indenture for Ephraim Mitchell for 295 pounds, signed by John Rutledge in Charleston, South Carolina, August 29, 1786. Rutledge was an American statesman and judge from South Carolina.

Transcription

[recto] I acknowledge to have [obscured by seal] of Ephraim Mitchell Esq , So Carolina Treasury, /Principal/ Indents, £295.14.4 Sterlg in Consideration of North Carolina Indents, to double that Amount, which I have sld & delivered to him, & which which for Value recd, as aforesaid, I hereby promise warrant & engage, to be receivable, in Payment for Land, granted by the State of North Carolina - And, I do hereby in Consideration of five Shillings, to me now in Hand paid by the said Ephraim Mitchell promise, to assign & deliver to him, his Admins, Attorney or Assigns, No. Carolina Indents,/ to be receivable in payment for Land, granted by that State, ) to double the amount of suh So. Carolina Indents,/ not exceeding £1135. Sterling # as he, or they, shall assign, - deliver, or tender, to me, on or before the day of next, immediately upon such Assignment & delivery or Tender - Charleston So. Carolina August 29, 1786 #this Sum £1135 &wh. we pay now 295.14.4 __________ 1430.14.4 wd. pay for 50,000 acres However I leave it to you to insert a further sum if you please, upon a Supposition that B.S. is not to come in for a full ¼. Tho’ I suppose he will be glad to do so.

Creation Date

8-29-1786

City

Charleston

State/Province

South Carolina

Country

United States

Creator Life Dates

1739-1800

Keywords

Ephraim Mitchell, John Rutledge, Charleston, South Carolina, indenture, warrant, North Carolina, payment, agreement, 1786

Resource Identifier

080420-10

Date Digital

November 2013

Document Type

Manuscript

Disciplines

Archival Science | Contracts | Labor and Employment Law | Legal | Social History | 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

Rutledge, John, "Indenture, signed by John Rutledge, 1786." (1786). Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection. 93.
https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/93

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