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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01450.135 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1775 |
| Title | Robert Goldsborough to Matthew Ridley regarding a business deal and the collection of money |
| Date | 16 August 1775 |
| Author | Goldsborough, Robert (1733-1788) |
| Recipient | Ridley, Matthew |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Government document; Business and financial document |
| Content Description | Goldsborough, a member of the Continental Congress, discusses the alteration of [Minshall's?] deed with Ridley, a merchant in Baltimore (possibly the manager of the Maryland branch of the London mercantile firm of Stewart and Campbell). States that he has been unable to collect money from various persons who owing for the transaction. Apologizes for not being able to gather the money, stating that his failure was due to family illness and business in the courts. Hopes to collect the money in the course of the following week, and promises to send messengers by ship regarding the transaction. Promises to discuss the present politics in a following letter. Reports that a vessel recently arrived in Philadelphia carrying officers, and "the Philadelphians have been so uncivil as to make prisoners of them- Death, Desertion, and a general Dissatisfaction, amounting at most to Mutiny among them, is, I suppose no news to you ... " |
| Subjects | Health and Medical Land Transaction Finance Politics Revolutionary War Military History Mutiny Desertion Death |
| People | Goldsborough, Robert (1733-1788) Ridley, Matthew (1749-1789) |
| Place written | Talbot, Maryland |
| Theme | The American Revolution; Merchants & Commerce; Health & Medicine |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |