1To George Washington from Thomas Peter, 17 August 1798 (Washington Papers)
Your Letter of the 12th was handed to me by Doctor Thornton Tuesday last, enclosing a Receipt for a Tobacco Note, Bank Note of 100$ and a Tobacco Note Nett weight Seven Hundred & Sixty three pounds—I should have acknowledged a Receipt of the Above Sooner, but was in daily expectation of getting some Transfer Tobacco to make your light Hhd heavier, & that I might return the Balance of your...