Item 41: Note by John Butler to Unknown, 1773 October 18
Item — Box: 12, Folder: 81
Dates
- Created: 1773 October 18
Creator
- Butler, John, 1734- abt. 1795 (Person)
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Note
Condition Note:
Good. Paper shows signs of age and contains a light note in pencil by someone after the fact.
Measurements:
6 ⅞ in. x 6 ⅝ in.
Description:
The following item number contains two notes written by John Butler, a loyalist commander and a British Indian Department officer, to unknown parties.
In the first note, Butler describes an ongoing case of Richard Howell v William Bradley. In the note, Butler discusses the assignment of bail for Richard Howell, a citizen of Tryon County New York in 1773. The letter mysteriously mentions the legal term for someone whose true name is being withheld,“Richard Roe.” Although details are unknown, this name is likely being used in reference to the legal case surrounding Richard Howell’s bail being posted.
In the second note, Butler is requesting the purchase of a cotton hat to be added to an account with “madam.” Butler asks that the receiver give the bearer of the note the hat to bring back with them. There is no price mentioned for the account. The back mentions that the note is being attributed to the “barbarous colonel butler.”
Location:
Tryon County, NY; Butlersburg
Transcription:
A:
Tryon County-Ss [Sheriff Station]: Count of Com[mo]n Pleas by the Term of September
In the thirteenth year of the Reign of our
sovereign Lord George the Third.
Tryon County Richard Howell is Delivered to Bail
on the taking of his Body to John
Howell-of the county of Tryon aforesaid
and Richard Roe-of the Same place
yeoman in office of Trespass on the Case
at the Suit ^of William Bradley & James
Renolds (sic)
Taken and Acknowledged
Before me the 18th day of Oct[obe]r.
Anno Dom[ini] 1773
John Butler Judge
In pencil:
Tory leader of Wyoming Massacre
Back:
Bradley } Rec[eip]t v } of Howell } Bail
John Buler Esq[uire] &c [etcetera]
Back:
Bradley } Rec[eip]t v } of Howell } Bail
John Buler Esq[uire] &c [etcetera]
Creator
- Butler, John, 1734- abt. 1795 (Person)
Repository Details
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