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Compson, Thomas, fl. 1789 [Financial settlement]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.04110 Author/Creator: Compson, Thomas, fl. 1789 Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: February 13, 1789-May 1, 1789 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 31.9 cm, Width: 19.7 cm Order a Copy

Marked "copy." Written from several locations. In a letter written from Worcester Shire, England, Thomas Compson asks his brother Joseph to pay Samuel Ogden a sum of money due Ogden from a debt owed by their father. The next letter, dated 13 February 1789 and written from Booneton [Boonton], New Jersey, declares that the money should be paid to James Webber on order of Samuel Ogden. Below is a letter dated 8 April 1789 and signed by William Gibson, Notary Public, testifying to terms under which the Compson brothers owe money to the firm of Webber and Bicknell of London. Last is a note declaring that on 1 May 1789, Gibson received a letter from a Mr. Joseph Brettall, written on 9 April 1789 outlining the role of Brettall and his father in the monies owed to Webber and Bicknell.

Compson, Thomas, fl. 1789
Gibson, William, fl. 1789
Brettall, Joseph, fl. 1789
Ogden, Samuel, 1746-1810
Webber, James, fl. 1783-1797
Compson, Joseph, fl. 1789

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