Item 50: Letter from William Bonham to “My D[ear]. Friends,” (Removed to Legal Box # 1), 1784 March 23
Item — Box: 12, Folder: 90
Dates
- Created: 1784 March 23
Creator
- Bonham, William 1750-1828 (Person)
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Extent
1 items
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Type of Material:
Letter
Location:
Northumberland
Condition Note:
Good. Vinegar smell. Paper shows signs of age.
Measurements:
13 ⅛ in. x 8 ⅜ in.
Description:
Bonham is requesting that grain be sent to his town and discusses a Philadelphia proposal of the removal of a militia from his county. He states that his people are suffering from the danger of the area, which is exacerbated without the needed supplies.
Transcription:
Northumberland March 23 1784
My D. Friend
I have been very unhappy for some time Realation [sic] to you and your Family & Friends as the Distresses of this part of the County has been such that it is beyond Disruption for hardley [sic] any Family in Either of the Branches has escap’d [sic] loss or Danger,/ not only that/ but many are at the present in a most wretched plight for want of Bread & the Necessaryes [sic] to support Nature, and as for my part by lending & given I am not far off I have understood that Mr. Wilson is preparing his Boat to come down & I am Depending upon your goodness to forward my grain by him or Else I shall be much Distres’d Mr. Armstrong the Bearer a brother to the Captain will assist you & claim the grain as his property if the military should offer to detain the same Genl Potter has just arrived from Philadelphia by whom the Petition for the removing of the Troops would have been sent down by only it was his opinion that some alterations should take place they now are made & will be sent down by the first opportunity, Likewise his information gives us to understand that the greater part of the House is only waiting for it, so as to here room to bring it in the carpet as they have
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Chambers the Layer-has been Roving in the Character of an Effigy in this County as an Enemy to the present Constitution
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gain’d all one Friend in the House since the matter was put to vote it being a Tye & the Speaker gave the Calling vote for the Troops to remain there But depend upon it your Friend are not Idle & from the Gen’l Information to me It will take place & that they must March from where they are to the hum of Yankey Doodle
I conclude sincerely your Friend.
William Bonham
30 Bush of Oats if Possible
R Letter by W B
Mr. Armstrong
Creator
- Bonham, William 1750-1828 (Person)
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84 W South St.
Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu