Letter from Samuel Osgood, Walter Livingston, and Arthur Lee to William Blount and Benjamin Hawkins
Osgood, Samuel, 1748-1813; Livingston, Walter, 1740-1797; Lee, Arthur, 1740-1792February 28,
1787
Volume 20, Pages 624-625
COMMISSIONERS BOARD OF TREASURY TO BENJAMIN HAWKINS AND WM. BLOUNT.
(From Executive Letter Book.)
New York, February 28th, 1787.
Gentlemen:
We are favored with your Letter of the 24th Instant enclosing an Extract of an Act of the Legislature of the State of North Carolina relative to the Sale of the State Tobacco; Previous to our answering the Queries You Propose, you will oblige us in letting us have the Quantity of Tobacco actually collected by the State,
Your Opinion as to the Quality, the ports of which the same will be delivered and at what proportions in each port.We are with great Esteem,
Yr. Obedt. and humble Servts,
Yr. Obedt. and humble Servts,
SAMUEL OSGOOD,
WALTER LIVINGSTON,
ARTHUR LEE.