Duncan Rose letter to John Hatley Norton, 1789 April 10

Duncan Rose letter to John Hatley Norton, 1789 April 10

Duncan Rose, Battersea, Virginia, letter to John Hatley Norton, dated April 10, 1789. Rose writes that George Anderson of Cumberland County has assigned Norton’s note for £450 in payment for property purchased from Colonel John Banister’s estate and he desires payment on behalf of the estate.

MS1936.3.2027
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Battersea near Petersburg
10^th. April 1789 ~

Sir

M^r. Geo: Anderson of
>Cumberland County has Assigned us
your Obligation for =£450 payable the
1^st. Janry next - Having sold him
property to nearly the Amount, we
are desirous to know if you can give
any positive assurance of the pay:
=ment when due - Indeed M^r. An:
=derson mentioned that you expected
to be albe to pay the whole or at least
a part of the above in the Month of June
next, but would not engage to do so
before the period fixed - Our Motive
for addressing you is, that we wish
to make some payments in the course
of the ensuing Winter, but cannot do
it

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it without your Assistance - You will
therefore much oblige us by writing
in course, that we may determine
how to Act`

I am for the Executors
of Col. John Banister
Sir
Y^r. Mo: Ob Serv^t.
Duncan Rose
One of the Acting Executors -

M^r. John Hatley Norton -

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Richmond Apl 13

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M^r. John H. Norton
Winchester
by
Alexandria -

Petersburg 10 April
1789
Duncan Rose