This short receipt was written at New Bern on September 1, 1790. Wm. Hess [?] acknowledges that he has received three pounds from Charles Roach and promises to spend it on Roach’s account in Philadelphia, following a memorandum. The receipt is filed with the letters in the correspondence folder of the Roach Family Papers. The writer’s own words are kept as written below.
Receipt from Wm. Hess to Charles Roach – New Bern, 1790
Transcription notes: spelling, capitalization and punctuation follow the original. Words in [square brackets] are editorial notes; [?] marks an uncertain reading and [illegible] marks words that could not be read.
Rec Septr 1st 1790 of Mr Charles Roach three Pounds which I Promise to lay out on his Acct in Phila as pr Memorandom
Newbern Wm Hess [?]
About the original
Endorsed on the back: “Receipt for three Pound.”
“Phila” is Philadelphia.
Source: Wm. Hess receipt to Charles Roach, 1 September 1790. Roach Family Papers (#346), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, Box 1, Folder a (Correspondence, 1820–1897). Collection guide. Digitized folder: ECU Digital Collections, 0346-b1-fa.
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Part of the Roach Family Papers collection on East Carolina Roots.
