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Letter from Oliver Wolcott Jr. to Keeper of the DebtorsEntry/Object ID
HHV 007.18Description
Letter from Oliver Wolcott Jr. to Keeper of the DebtorsSubject
Seeking permission for William Duer to reside with his family during contagious outbreak in prison, Treasury Department, Keeper of the Debtors, contagious, prison, debtors' prison, debt, debtors' apartment, prisoners, petition, collector, district of New York, warrant, dischargingSubject Person/Organization
Oliver Wolcott Jr., William Duer (1743-1799)Subject Place
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Trenton, NJ, New YorkCollection
Duer Manuscript CollectionTranscription
Treasury Department
Trenton 19.h Sept. 1798
Keeper of the Debtors
Apartment in the City of
New York.
Sir
It having been represented to me that the Contagious / fever which afflicts the City of New York has lately appeared / within the prison or debtors apartment, and believing / that neither Justice or Humanity will Justify the close / confinement of Prisoners, in a Situation which must unavoida- / -bly expose their Lives to the greatest Danger, I have concluded / it to be my Duty to authorize you to permit Jose Joaquim / Da Costa & William Duer, who are confined under your / Custody, for Debts due to the United States to reside at any / place within the liberties of the D Prison, during the Conti- / -nuance of the present Contagious Disease. / The Condition upon which this Permission may be granted / shall be, “ That the Parties respectively do sign a Written / Engagement that they will not depart beyond the Limits of / the Priviledges of the Prison, and that they will return to / Confinement when required after the present Contagious / Fever shall have Ceased. It must however be well Understood / that this Permission is to be Considered as only removing / any Obstacles which my arise arising from Suits com- / -menced against Mr. Da Costa, or Mr. Duer for Debts / due to the United States, and by no means to render the / United States Responsible, for any Debts or Suits com- / -menced by Individuals_ The Situation of Mr. Da Costa is / much regretted as a Petition is depending for his Enlargement / the hearing of which has been delay’d by the Collector for the / District of New York solely on account of the danger arising from the present Malady. / I enclose a Warrant for Discharging George Merrill & Henry A. / Williams, pursuant to the Act of Congrefs of June 6’h. 1798. / I am, / with Consideration, Sin Your / Most Obe’t Ser’t /Signed, Oliver Wolcott [END OF PAGE 1] [ADDRESS] Trenton 19’h Sep’t Free / The Keeper of the Debtors Apartment /for the City and County of New York. / Treasury DepartmentOliv. Wolcott New York.
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