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To John Jay from John Shields, 24 February 1791

From John Shields

Philadelphia 24th. Feby 1791—

Sir

Agreeably to the request of the Honorable James Wilson Esqr. to me I have this day drawn on you in favour of Mr. George Douglas for 53 dollars and Eighty Seven Cents at Three days sight which you will please to Honor This Sum is for a Robe and making agreeably to the Account Stated to Mr. Wilson I am very respectfully Sir Your most Obedt. Servant,

John Shields1

The Hon’ble. John Jay Esqr.

ALS, NNC (EJ: 13187). Endorsed: “… with Bill in favr. Geo. Douglas for amt. of acct. for Robes &c.”

1. In Biddle’s 1791 Philadelphia Directory, John Shields is listed as a merchant, at 63 South Second Street.

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    “To John Jay from John Shields, 24 February 1791,” Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jay/01-05-02-0169. [Original source: The Selected Papers of John Jay, vol. 5, 1788–1794, ed. Elizabeth M. Nuxoll. Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2017, p. 317.]