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Nov 12, 2020
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MORRIS, Robert (1734-1806). Autograph letter signed (“Rob’t Morris”), to John Langdon. Philadelphia, 15 December 1778.
1 page, 8vo, 239 x 194 mm, docketed verso, some spotting or staining, creased.
MORRIS WRITES TO SECOND CONTINENTAL CONGRESS MEMBER JOHN LANGDON ABOUT REPAYMENT TO THE MARINE COMMITTEE
"Your Favour of the 9th all came safe to hand with the draft on the Marine Committee for Ten Thousand Dollars which is not yet paid, but payment is promised." He continues: "I have only seen Mr. Germain in the street when I desired him to call & see what you had written respecting him, this he has not done & you would see by my former letter that I had paid him Fifteen hundred pounds lawfully."