BIB_ID
106187
Accession number
MA 157.31
Creator
Davis, Thomas, 1756-1805.
Display Date
1797 Mar. 22.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1907.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 20.0 cm
Notes
Docketed on verso with Gerry's reply dated May 20, 1797.
Part of a collection of autograph letters signed of Elbridge Gerry and others relating to the French Commission and the XYZ Affair. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Part of a collection of autograph letters signed of Elbridge Gerry and others relating to the French Commission and the XYZ Affair. Items in the collection have been described individually in separate catalog records; see collection-level record for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from J.F. Sabin in 1907.
Summary
Informing him that he is owed $4 for his "attendance as one of the Electors of President & Vice President of the United States;" asking if he would draw an order for it at his earliest convenience. Gerry's reply, on the verso, says had a severe "inflammation in my eyes" and mislaid his letter of March 22; saying it was his wish not to be included in the roll to be paid but if it was necessary to balance his accounts he should pay the bearer of the letter and if not he should cancel the obligation.
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