James Hart wrote this short letter from Fayetteville in the fall of 1820 to Alexander Henderson, Esquire, of New Bern. Henderson noted on the cover that he received it on November 7, 1820.
Hart explains that he cannot yet collect pension money for a Mr. Tolar, because Tolar’s name had not come back from the War Department on the list of pensioners, and he did not expect it before March. The letter does not say why it ended up among the Roach family’s papers.
Letter from James Hart to Alexander Henderson about Mr. Tolar’s pension – Fayetteville, 1820
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.
Fayetteville 28th Oct[r ?] 1820
Dear Sir
I have recd your favor of the 23ed instant Mr Tolars name has not yet been returned to this office from the ware Department and until that is the case I shall not be able to obtain his money for the agent here is not at Liberty to pay the money untill after the name is returned to him from the ware Office notwithstanding he may be presented with the Pinsion Certificate we received twice a yeare from the War offices a List of the names of Persioniers as thay are Placed on the Present role and I dout whether Mr Tolars name be Sent on before Some time in March Next I will return his Papers and as Soon as his name is Sent on from the war Depention [?] will draw his money and Send it to you—
Yours my respectfully
James Hart
About the original
Address panel: “Alexr Henderson Esquire / Newbern / N Ca”. Endorsement: “Recd Novr 7th 1820”.
Source: James Hart to Alexander Henderson, Fayetteville, 1820. 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.
Part of the Roach Family Papers collection on East Carolina Roots.
