Samuel Vernon A.L.S., Newport, 2 Sept. 1780 : to The Hoble William Vernon, Boston, favor'd by Mr. Winship

Samuel Vernon A.L.S., Newport, 2 Sept. 1780 : to The Hoble William Vernon, Boston, favor'd by Mr. Winship

Newport 1780

[4] p. ; 24 p. (4to)

MSS L1993.1.104

Samuel fears they "shall not be able to secure the money as he has or intends to make the bill over to some person & leave it."|"[I't's the opinion of those I have mention'd the affair to that he [Cozzens] cannot be arrest'd as he is only subject to the restrictions of a Flagg of Truce."|In a different hand on p. [4], also the address leaf: Inquire if their [sic] is a still to be sold of 600 to 1000 gall.s ....|"P.S. In the letter by Mr. Lamb was an order on Mr. Goodwin."|One Capt. Gregory Cozzens of Newport, possibly this one, was taken by Capt John Grimes in April 1776. -- see John McManemin. Captains of the state navies during the American Revolution, p. 299.|Pages [2] and [3] are blank.

"I wrote you ten days past by a Cap.n Thomas Lamb. [H]e keeps store in Congress Street just below the store own.d by Mr. Otis."
"In that letter I wrote you some particular circumstances resp.g this affair of Cozzens. [A]s you had not rec.d it ... he may have mislaid or forgot to deliver it"

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