Item 20: Letter from William Stewart to Zebulon Butler , 1780 August 6

Item — Box: 10, Folder: 20

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Letter from William Stewart to Zebulon Butler, 1780 August 6

Dates

Created: 1780 August 6

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Extent

1 items

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Additional Description

Type of Material:

Letter.

Condition Note:

Fair. Vinegar smell. Slight discoloration and minor tearing along the edges of the page.

Measurements:

13 ½ in. x 8 ⅛ in.

Description:

This letter, dated August 6, 1780, is written by William Stuart to Zebulon Butler, a lieutenant colonel during the American Revolutionary War. In the letter, Stewart writes to Butler to inform him of the progress of a flour shipment. Stewart explains that he has gotten orders from the Commissaries of Lancaster and Cumberland region to approve a shipment of flour to Wyoming, but he could not secure a loan or any financial support. He also mentions that they will need more men to secure the shipment all the way to the Wyoming post because he does not believe the men in charge of boating it up the river will want to make the whole journey, which would be from the 9th to the 10th. Stewart asks that Butler find some of these men to send his way for the final part of the journey. This item is a reply to a letter that Butler recently wrote Stewart, found in 10.19. Item 19: Letter from Zebulon Butler to [William] Stewart, 1780 August 1.

Location:

Juniata, Pennsylvania

Transcription:

Janiata (sic) [Juniata] 6th August 1780 Sir, I rec’d [received] your Deated (sic) [Dated] first August 1780— I got orders on the Commasarys (sic) [Commissaries] of Lancaster— and Com’bnd [Cumberland] Countys (sic) [Counties] for flour &c [etcetera] for an Express— I could not gat (sic) [get] aney (sic) [any] for Lone (sic) [loan] on money to go up— ( I thought it Best to gat (sic) the flour on the Way— Befour (sic) [Before] I left these parts which was not in my power till this Day to gat (sic) it to the River, and then go myself if I could not gat (sic) one). I shall set off tow (sic) [two] small Boats Loadet (sic) [Loaded] with flour a tusday (sic) [Tuesday] morning for Wyoming, you will plese (sic) [please] to send sume (sic) [some] men to meat (sic) [meet] them at mountgumarys [Montgomery’s] please as I dont no (sic) [know] that the Boatmen will like to go all the way the 9th or 10th of this mounth (sic) [month] I shall have a one Boat Load Redey (sic) [ready] if I can gat (sic) men to Taek (sic) [take] it up — and perhaps sume (sic) [some] Whiskey— I shall Rit (sic) [write] you By the Boatmen. I am sir your Hum[ble] Ser[van]t William Stewart AC of JSs Zeb Butler Esq[uire]

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W[illia]m Stewart 6 Aug[us]t. 1780