Jabez Bingham Jr., letter, to Hezekiah Edgerton, 1777 August 25

When I was at your House last June I agreed with a Free Negrowoman to go up to Dartmo College to serve in the place of a Cook, and she promiſed to go, when ever I sent for her, and I have lately had a letter from Doctor Wheelock deſiring to have her sent up as sun as posſable and she may depend on Good Usage, &c now my affairs and Buisneſs is such that it is defi- -cult for me to leave this place at Preſent and these are to deſire you to Contrive some method to Convey her up to the College and I will settle with you for any reaſonable Expence you shall be at in the affair, Perhaps it will be Best to conſult with Mr. Joel Loomis of Norwich who is Agent for Doctor Wheelock, it may be he can advois to some Cheap way of con- veance Sir your forwarding her up to the College will I beleave be of Great service and much oblige Doctor Wheelock I wish you Proſperity please to give my best Regards to Mrs. Ageton and family, also to Capt Peek] and his family, and excep what will

Mr Hezikiah Agerton