Item 10: Letter from Jonas Baylor to Zebulon Butler, 1779 August 7.

Item — Box: 10, Folder: 11

Staff Only

Dates

Created: 1779 August 7.

Access:

All series and subseries within this collection are open for research, with the exception of a few files within the Academia series that are restricted. The Academia series contains financial and sensitive institutional records from Wilkes College, and financial report records from Princeton University that will remain restricted for 80 years upon creation.

Extent

1 items

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Type of Material:

Letter.

Condition Note:

Okay. Vinegar smell. The paper is rather fragile as it is tearing at some folds; the edges are tattered, the paper is browning, and there are some unobtrusive stains present.

Measurements:

13 ¼ in. x 8 ¼ in.

Description:

This item instructs Butler to allow an individual to keep possession of two oxen, as long as he provides the Continental Army with an equal quantity of meat.

Transcription:

Wyalusing August 7th 79 Sir, I am directed by General Sullivan to request that you would permit Mr Benjamin Harvey to retain two oxen which he now has in his possession provided he gives in lieu thereof, an equal quantity of beef & pork. Yours [Illegible] Jonas Daylor, A D Camp Colo: Butler

[Back of paper]

Gen’l Sullivan Order 7 Aug’st 1779

Colo Butler Wyoming