Letter, Tobias Lear to Clement Biddle

Containers:
Box 16, Folder 1789.11.17
Creator:
Lear, Tobias, 1762-1816 and Biddle, Clement, 1740-1814
Scope and content:

A.L.S. 1 page. Has heard nothing from Mr. Bartram regarding plants and shrubs--has been away from N.Y. with President--"The President will thank you to pay to the Honb. Robt. Morris Esq. livres 32-12-2 being a balance due to Gouvr. Morris Esq. for something which he purchasd in France for the Presid. - and also to know from him (R.M.) the amount of some floor matts and a pr. of blk sattin brot. from India the summer before last in one of Mr. Morris's ships and pay the same"--find out price of buck wheat and if it can be had on short notice--clover seed has been procured here. Autograph letter signed, laminated, docketed by Lear(?) "per Major Jackson," watermark. Name on original manuscript appears as "T. Lear."

Language:
English .

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