Item 53: Letter from J[ohn] Marshall to Walker and Kennedy for payment to Misters MacMurdo and Fisher,, 1805 November 15
Item — Box: 11, Folder: 53
Dates
- Created: 1805 November 15
Creator
- Marshall, John, 1755-1835 (Person)
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
Type of Material:
Letter
Condition Note:
Good.
Measurements:
8 1/16 in. x 4 ΒΌ in.
Description:
This is a letter from John Marshall to the Fisher family on November 15, 1805. These are orders that payments are to be made to someone. The creator of this letter, John Marshall, was born in 1755 in Virginia. Marshall served in the U.S. Supreme Court and remains the longest serving chief justice. He was also one of the individuals to serve in all three branches of government. Walker & Kennedy is mentioned within the letter, which is a company based in Philadelphia selling different products (tobacco, food, other general goods). The payment is to the wife of William Windsor Fisher, a resident of Philadelphia, PA.
Transcription:
{front}
Sir
You will please to pay to Messrs. MacMurdo & Fisher or order three hundred dollars, value received
Your obedt
J Marshall
Nov. 15th 1805.
{back}
Pay to the order of Messrs Walker Kennedy MacMurdo & Fisher
Walker & Kennedy
Creator
- Marshall, John, 1755-1835 (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Wilkes University Archives Repository
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Wilkes-Barre PA 18701 US
570-408-2000
570-408-7823 (Fax)
ask.archives@wilkes.edu