Letter from William Alexander (Lord Stirling) to Richard Peters
Entry/Object ID
HHV 007.27
Description
Letter from William Alexander (Lord Stirling) to Richard Peters
Subject Person/Organization
William Alexander, Richard Peters
Subject Place
* Untyped Subject Place
New York
Collection
Duer Manuscript Collection
Letter Details
Letter Date
Sep 16, 1754
Transcription
Transcription
Wm Alexander to R Peters 1754
No. 652 Dear Sir
I Think I told you last Winter of a Gent we / have here, very extraordinary for teaching writing in a Short time / in great perfection, Tis Mr Elfingston, who is the bearer of this, / he intends to Stay at Philadelphia [this] Winter if he meets with / Incouragement, and has asked of me to recommend him to some Gent / there, I know of none more proper than Mr Peters and I hope he’ll / pardon the Liberty I take in doing so, as he is a promoter of any / every thing of Public use. The specimens Mr Elfingston / will shew you sufficiently say what he can do, some of them / are [^ so] surprizing that they almost want a Voucher to make the / honesty of them belive’d, most of those he has taught here / I am acquainted with, and know that their Specimens / were taken very impartially, I am
Dr Sir
Your Most Humble Servt
Wm. Alexander
New York – }
Sep’r: 16: 1754 }
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[ADDRESS]
To
Richard Peters Esq’r
Philadelphia
[pr] Mr Elphingston
[LABEL]
Wm Alexander 16 [Sep’r] 1754
