Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation

Dudley Cary letter to Mann Page, 1791 May 21

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Dudley Cary letter to Mann Page, 1791 May 21

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1 item (2 pages)

Description

Dudley Cary letter to Mann Page dated May 21, 1791. Cary asks Page if he wishes to buy the house frame; mentions that Jack has been to Williamburg where he has received encouragement from Colonel Innes and suggests a fishing trip will make Page feel better.

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[Recto]

Mathuse 21st May 1791

Dear Sir

You may have the Fraime for 18£
at twelve months Credit and if you chuse to take
it on those turms and will inform me I will, ge
t a Boat and send it, up to you immediately the
price is lo enough and the fraime very good
I am Sorry to here you are still Sick, you must
Come and go a fishing with me and that will cure
you Jack has Bene to Williamsburg and Receivs great
Incouragement from Colonel Innes

You will excuse hast as I
write at the head of my [illegible]

I am, Your Sincer Friend
Dudley Cary

Man Page Esquire

[Verso]

Mann Page Esquire
Attorney of Mathews

Dudley Carys Letter about
the House fraime

Original Format

Ink on paper

Citation

Cary, Dudley, “Dudley Cary letter to Mann Page, 1791 May 21,” Special Collections, John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, accessed April 19, 2024, https://cwfjdrlsc.omeka.net/items/show/836.
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