Item 57: Letter from Jonathan Heart to Zebulon Butler (removed to legal size box #1), 1787 July 21
Item — Box: 10, Folder: 97
Dates
- Created: 1787 July 21
Creator
- Heart, Jonathan, 1748-1791 (Person)
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Letter.
Condition Note:
Poor. The paper is separated into two separate pieces, contains minor stains and tears, has some tattered edges, and is browning.
Measurements:
13 ½ in. x 8 ⅛ in. (longest); 13 ½ x 7 in. (shortest)
Description:
This letter, dated July 21, 1787, is written by Jonathan Heart, a Major with the 2d United States Infantry, to Zebulon Butler, a lieutenant colonel during the American Revolutionary War. In the letter, Hart updates Butler about a package he is sending out, that he asks him to bring to Mr. Mead with the utmost speed and care. He continues on to write that he has heard detailed accounts of the Susquehanna claimants living within the valley, and states that he believes it is likely to be settled soon. He also suggests that Butler connect with Mr. Mead to learn more about his current whereabouts and influence to the matter, as he has been stationed along the Ohio, likely river, until recently and cannot fully update him within the space of this letter.
Location:
French Creek
Transcription:
French Creek 21 July 1787
[Sir]
I have taken the freedom to enclose
a Small Package to your charge & will thank
you to take the most Speedy & Safe conveyance
possible. The Bearer Mr. Mead informs me the
long Contest of Susquehanna Claimants is likely
to be Settled, his business into this Country I
conclude has been on that grounds, have requested
him to call on you he will give better information
where I am & the general Politics
of this Country than I can do in the composs (sic) [compass]
of a letter-as to the Affairs of the Eastern
States I know nothing of them as I left Hartford
in August 1785- have since that time been
on the Ohio until last April when I came to
this Place-- please make my Respects to such
Gentlemen as I have the Honor to be acquainted
with in your settlements & accept the assurance
that with due Esteem
I am -
Your most [obedient]
humble serv[an]t
Jonathan Heart Colo[nel] Zeb[ulo]n Butler—
Back: Capt[ain] Jon[athon] Harts Letter from French Creek
Jonathan Heart Colo[nel] Zeb[ulo]n Butler—
Back: Capt[ain] Jon[athon] Harts Letter from French Creek
Creator
- Heart, Jonathan, 1748-1791 (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