Apr 17, 2012 - Sale 2276

Sale 2276 - Lot 29

Price Realized: $ 840
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
HENRY, PATRICK. Autograph Document Signed, "P Henry," in the third person within the text, a receipt written on the verso of a note to him requesting payment. 2 pages, oblong 8vo; some fading to Henry's text and signature, minor scattered soiling and foxing, moderate wear at folds. sold as is. Np, 11 October 1779

Additional Details

Tunstall had sent Henry a note on 10 October 1779: "Mr. Cox waits on you for the money agreeable to your purchase last Saturday, and his receipt shall be good." On the verso of Tunstall's note, Henry wrote out the receipt: "Rec'd from P Henry five hundred & sixty two pounds for 3 hhds tobaco to weigh 3300 at at 14 pr cent for Wm Tunstall, Oct 11th 1779." Henry's note was signed by Tunstall's agent John Cox.