Morris, Robert, 1734-1806 to John Nicholson
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03842 Author/Creator: Morris, Robert, 1734-1806 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 4 December 1797 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 19.3 x 12 cm. Order a Copy
Discusses a plan to be able to pay off his debts. Sends "a piece of cold comfort for poor Charles Young" (a document not included) with the comment that it "is the best that my poor tortured brain could spin out this Night." Asks Nicholson to sign it if he approves or write another if he does not. The document and proposed plan are assumed to have concerned paying his debts. Written a few weeks before being thrown into debtors prison.
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