Certificate in favor of Wigton and Percival Butler

Item

Type

Letter

Title

Certificate in favor of Wigton and Percival Butler

Description

The author is issuing one Certificate in favor of the recipient and one for Percival Butler. In Mr. Erskine's absence, Mr. McCarthy has been given the task of delivering the Certificates. The recipient is asked to inform Mr. Benstead that he needs to submit his accounts as soon as possible.

year created

1786

month created

05

day created

08

author

sent from location

New York

recipient

in image

note

Cited in Wigton to Howell 07/01/1786

notable person/group

John Wigton
Joseph Howell
Percival Butler
Mr. Erskine
Mr. McCarthy
Mr. Benstead

notable location

New York
Philadelphia

notable item/thing

Certificate No. 93935 for 182 64/90 Dols ($)
No. 93936 for 200 Dols
your request
my absence
accounts

notable phrase

be kind enough to inform me by letter or otherwise

document number

1786050821355

page start

4

transcription

New York 8th May 1786

Dear Sir,

Inclosed you will receive one Certificate No. 93,935, for 18264/90 Dols issued in your favor and one do No. 93,936, for 200 Dols. issued in favor of Lt. Percival Butler

Those Certificates were intended to have been forwarded agreeably to your request by Mr Erskine who call'd


in my absence and is now gone to Philadelphia — I have therefore requested Mr McCarthy to trouble himself with them and deliver the same to you — on receivg. them you will be kind enough to inform me by Letter or otherwise. — I request you to call on Mr Benstead; and and also desire him to come on with his accounts as soon as possible —
I am &c
J: Howell Jur.

Mr John Wigton

Item sets

Document instances

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[view document] (2 pages) DDJ01 (355 pages) Collection: Numbered Record Books, 1775-1798. (RG93) (M853) V:135, P:4
[view document] (0 pages) [no image] Collection: Citations [unknown]

Document names

Type Name Location Notes
Author Joseph Howell New York [n/a]
Recipient Jonathan Wigton [unknown] [n/a]