A short written order, dated September 13 at New Bern but with no year. Nathan Tisdale asked Charles Roach to hand over Tisdale’s spinning machine, with all its parts, to a Colonel Latham. The paper does not say why Roach had the machine.
Nathan Tisdale’s order to Charles Roach to deliver his spinning machine to Col. Latham – New Bern, undated
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.
Newbern Septr 13th
Mr. Charles Roach, Sir. you will pleas deliver to Col. Lathum [Latham] my Spinning machine with every article thereto belonging –
Nathan Tisdale
[Back:]
order on Charles Roach
About the original
The back carries only the docket “order on Charles Roach.” There is faint offset writing on the back that cannot be read.
The other papers in this folder that name Charles Roach date from about 1806 to 1817, so this order probably comes from the same years, but that is a guess.
Source: Nathan Tisdale’s order to Charles Roach to deliver his spinning machine to Col. Latham. Roach Family Papers (#346), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, Box 1, Folder d (Legal Records, 1784–1901). Collection guide. Digitized folder: ECU Digital Collections, 0346-b1-fd.
Images courtesy of East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University. View in ECU Digital Collections: 35875.
Also from this folder: Swift Creek residents hire Turner Nelson as teacher of “Reading writing and Arithmetic” in 1823.
Part of the Roach Family Papers collection on East Carolina Roots.
