[Recto]
D Sir
I must request you will be so obliging as to
let me have a little cash, say bal: yr. acct., which
is about seven pounds; I have to pay my Mason
this week & have depended on yr. assistance - yr. account
may be presented at any time. I have paid your
Brother the cash I borrowed. yr. friendly assistance
will confer an obligation on
yr. Obt. servt.
Edwd Smith
13 Nov. 1787
[Verso]
John H. Norton Esqr.