Item 4: Letter from Samuel Parsons to Zebulon Butler (Removed to Legal Box #1) , 1775 May 23
Item — Box: 10, Folder: 4
Dates
- Created: 1775 May 23
Creator
- Parsons, Samuel Holden, 1737-1789. (Person)
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Letter
Condition Note:
Okay. Browning of paper, several stains, folds, tears, and tattered edges all present.
Measurements:
13 in. x 8 in.
Description:
The following letter dated May 23, 1775, is written by Samuel Parsons to Zebulon Butler, a Colonel during the American Revolutionary war and political figure from Connecticut. In the letter, Parsons is writing to Butler to state his concerns over his ties to Susquehanna county. He states that he has not let go of it and asks that, if a Court regarding these topics is to be held, that it is during a period in August when he can attend.
The ownership of the county is likely regarding the early settlement of the region by the land companies, namely the Susquehanna Land Company and the Delaware Company. In attempting to settle the lands named in a charter granted by King Charles II to the Connecticut settlement in 1662, the state would grant sections of the land by various tract allotments.
The Lackawanna Historical Society has a deeper explanation of how settling counties and townships were created on their website, where a descendent of the Jenkins family, Rich Jenkins, explains the various lots, share receipts, and business in the company as we can see in the manuscript.
Location:
Hartford, Connecticut
Transcription:
May 23[r]d 1775
D[ea]r Sir
I have not given over Susquehanna
if you have a county pray let your
Courts be in August when I can attend
if I have any appointment in there
shall be glad to act.
I am y[ou]r Friend
S Parsons
[Backside of document]
To Zebulon Butler Esq[ui]r[e] now at Hartford
{In different handwriting} Sam[ue]l Parsons Z Butler
[Backside of document]
To Zebulon Butler Esq[ui]r[e] now at Hartford
{In different handwriting} Sam[ue]l Parsons Z Butler
Creator
- Parsons, Samuel Holden, 1737-1789. (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Wilkes University Archives Repository
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84 W South St.
Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu