Gideon Buckingham, letter, to Eleazar Wheelock, 1772 February 17
Date17 February, 1772
ms number772167
abstractBuckingham to Wheelock, regarding the sale of enslaved people Nando and Hagar
Feb.y 17th
1772
Dear Sir
I recd yours by D.tr
Smalley, could Send you twenty or thirty ^Pounds^ in York
Bills but underſtand it will not anſwer therefore have conclued to get it
changed as Soon as poſsible and find it is to Mr Pomery at
Hartford, dont know but I shall be Obliged to Send it to
New York upon Account of a late Act of this Colony
— I called upon M.r Leavenworth
and had Some encouragement of the Money but have not got it as yet. Nando will not hear anything about coming to Dartmouth cannot underſtand by him that he gets any thing beforehand but
says he does not intend to be a charge my Father is willing to ſell his right in him
but does not comply with your propoſals with regard to Hager. have not as yet heard from the reſt of the Heirs but shall go to
Judea in a few days when I shall call upon Cozen Northrop with his Account. The land in the uper end of
the field and uper Meadow I beleave will ſell with a reaſonable time for payment
with^out^ much loſs perhaps 12/0 or 15 / pr Acre. I am sir in great haſt will write you more particular
the next Opportunity
we are all in health I am Sir Your huml Servt
Gideon Buckingham
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