Walter Jones letter to Robert Carter, III, 1776 November 9

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Title

Walter Jones letter to Robert Carter, III, 1776 November 9

Subject

Carter, Robert, 1728-1804 -- Correpondence
Jones, Walter, 1745-1815 -- Correspondence
Flood, William, -approximately 1775 -- Estate
Physicians -- Virginia -- Correspondence
Slaves -- Diseases -- Virginia
Smallpox -- Virginia

Description

Letter from Walter Jones to Robert Carter, III of Nomony Hall concerning the estate of William Flood (Jones' father-in-law), the public accounts incurred by the troops in Northumberland and rumors of a smallpox outbreak amongst Carter's slaves. Jones writes that the Flood estate is being administered by John S. Woodcock, deputy clerk or Northumberland, and James Knott.

Walter Jones was a student at William and Mary with Thomas Jefferson. He graduated from the University of Edinburgh with an M.D. in 1769. Upon his return to Virginia, he practiced medicine and served in the House of Delegates during the Revolution. He was a delegate to the convention at Annapolis and served in the U.S. Congress from 1797 to 1799.

Creator

Jones, Walter, 1745-1815

Publisher

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

Date

1776

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jpeg

Language

eng

Type

Text

Identifier

MS 2010.3

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Original Format

Ink on paper

Text

Page 1


Dear Sir,

Your Man calls on me after dark for an answer
to the Letter he delivered to me this Day. I am entirely unacquainted
with Templemans Claim, being not possessed of the Books or Papers
of the Estate. They are at present in the Hands of Mr. J. S. Woodcock,
Deputy Clerk of Northd., who with Mr. James Knott are employed
in executing the Business of Mr. Floods Estate. I shall take the first
Opportunity of enquiring into the matter, & shall think myself
happy in serving your Interest. in the Mean Time by applying
to either of those persons, you may be sooner satisfied of the state
of Templemans Claim.

You were kind enough to say, thay you had destined
Part of the money, due from the State, to the discharge of my Ballan[ce]
I shall be much in want of it very shortly, and as it will save you
trouble, to give me an order on Col.o. [1 word illegible] who I am told has the
Public Accounts incurred by the Troops in Northumberland. I shall
take leave to send to you for that Purpose this Week, if I should
be prevented, myself, from being at Nomony Hall, which is a Satis
-faction I have for some Time promised myself in vain.

I have been concerned at a report that the Small Pox had
broke out amongst some of your Negroes, but as you mention it not,
I willingly hope that ye report is groundless, I am Dr. Sr. with much respect
Yr. vy hl. Sevt.
W. Jones


Address leaf


To
The Honorable Robert Carter Esquire
Nomony-Hall

Doct. W. Jones
9th Novr 1776

Citation

Jones, Walter, 1745-1815, “Walter Jones letter to Robert Carter, III, 1776 November 9,” John D. Rockefeller Jr. Library, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, accessed March 29, 2024, https://rocklib.omeka.net/items/show/440.