AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED AND UNDATED TO MR. JAMES TREMBLE, PHILADELPHIA: DEAR SIR| IF IT WILL NOT BE GIVING YOU TOO MUCH TROUBLE YOU WILL OBLIGE ME VERY MUCH IN CARYING THE BUSINESS OF OBTAINING AN ORDER FOR PAYMENT OF SALLARY FROM THE FIRST OF JANUARY TO THE PRESENT TIME OR WHATEVER PERIOD THE CUSTOMS OF THE OFFICE HAVE ESTABLISHED. I SHALL BE IN THE CITY IN TWO OR THREE DAYS BUT CAN MAKE NO STAY. YOUR COMPLIANCE THEREFORE WITH THE ABOVE REQUEST WILL GREATLY OBLIGE YOUR SINCERE FRIEND & VERY HUMBLE SEVT. BENJN. RITTENHOUSE.
5.5" x 7.5", in ink manuscript. Age toned, light dampstaining. Old folds, wax seal remnants on verso, small tears at top and bottom edges where seal was broken [no text loss]. A few short closed tears at edges [repaired with archival tape on verso]. Good. Benjamin Rittenhouse (1740-1825), a Pennsylvania..... More