Skeffington Selby to Thomas Jefferson, 5 March 1811
From Skeffington Selby
New York— 5. March 1811
My friend Thos Hunt Surviving Partner of the late firm T. & R. Hunt, London— informs me Edmd Pendleton junr Esqr Caroline County Virginia received from John Taylor Esqr five bonds of Thos Nelson to T. & R. Hunt 2 May 1787 for £500. each—one Do £250—& one Do £432–19–3— “on account of which he remitted occasionally 2 or £300”—till within four or five Years—Since he has not heard of or from him—he allso mentions having in his possession the following—
a Copy
Williamsburgh Novr 12. 1779
Twelve hundred & Seventy Seven Pounds were paid into the Loan Office on account of William Digges Senr according to Act of Assembly Receipts—by
Th: Jefferson
£1279.
Any instruction you may please to favor me with respecting the above how to recover the Same or part will confer an obligation on
Skeffington Selby
RC (MHi); in Selby’s hand; dateline at foot of text; endorsed by TJ as received 13 Mar. 1811 and so recorded in SJL.
Skeffington Selby (d. ca. 1821) lived in New York City from at least 1810 and resided on Broadway from 1813 until his death (DNA: RG 29, CS, N.Y., New York, Ward 5, 1810; Longworth’s New-York Almanac [New York, 1813], 280; Longworth’s American Almanac, New-York Register, and City Directory [New York, 1821], 387; Longworth’s American Almanac, New-York Register, and City Directory [New York, 1822], 398).
Index Entries
- Digges, William search
- Hunt, T. & R. (London firm) search
- Hunt, Thomas search
- London; firms search
- Nelson, Thomas; bonds of search
- Pendleton, Edmund (1745–1827); and T. Nelson’s bonds search
- Selby, Skeffington; and T. Nelson’s bonds search
- Selby, Skeffington; identified search
- Selby, Skeffington; letters from search
- Taylor, John (of Caroline); forwards payment search