To James Madison from Robert Patton, 24 January 1806 (Abstract)
From Robert Patton, 24 January 1806 (Abstract)
§ From Robert Patton. 24 January 1806, Philadelphia. “I this day received your favour of the 21st, enclosing a draft on the Bank United states, for three hundred & fifty dollars, being the sum to be paid, in exchange for a pair Horses.1 Enclosed you have the receipt & warrantee.2 I sincerely hope they may answer your expectations.
“I beg you to believe me, when I assure you, that, it will always give me pleasure, to have an opportunity to serve your amiable Lady, or yourself. Please to present my most respectful compliments to Mrs. Madison.”
RC and enclosure (DLC). RC 1 p. For enclosure, see n. 2.
2. The 17 Dec. 1805 receipt from Thomas Allen (1 p.) reads “Recd. of Col. Robert Patton three hundred & fifty dollars it being the difference between a pair of gray horses that I got of James Maddison Esqr. and a pair of Sorrel horses he got of me five years Old—Warrent Sound.”