BIB_ID
106501
Accession number
MA 556.59
Creator
Bland, Richard, 1710-1776.
Display Date
1768 [June] 16th.
Credit line
Likely acquired by Pierpont Morgan before 1913.
Description
1 item (2 p., with address) ; 22.9 cm
Notes
Addressed to "Robert Carter Nicholas Esq. / In / Williamsburg."
Docketed.
From Jefferson Autograph Album.
Jordans was Bland's plantation near Jordan Point, Prince George County, Virginia.
The letter is dated "Thursday 16th 1768"; June was the only month in which Thursday fell on the 16th in 1768.
This item is part of a collection of autographs of the members of the First Continental Congress; see main record for MA 556 for more information.
With trace of a seal.
Docketed.
From Jefferson Autograph Album.
Jordans was Bland's plantation near Jordan Point, Prince George County, Virginia.
The letter is dated "Thursday 16th 1768"; June was the only month in which Thursday fell on the 16th in 1768.
This item is part of a collection of autographs of the members of the First Continental Congress; see main record for MA 556 for more information.
With trace of a seal.
Summary
Explaining why he is unable to attend a "meeting at the College"; discussing a legal matter and agreeing to "accede to a deed" as executor for James Deans; mentioning that his daughter Sally is getting married on Saturday and asking Miss Nicholas to attend.
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