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Henry Laurens letter to Alexander Penman(1791 May 4)

  • MS 2010.8
  • 1 item

Henry Laurens writes to the Philadelphia coachmaker, Alexander Penman, requesting a carriage for his relative Mr. John Ball. Laurens requests the carriage be “capable of carrying with ease nine persons, to be highly varnished with harnesses for four Horses brass furniture, the Carriage in all respects to be equal to Mr. Alston’s …” In closing, Laurens inquires about his “own little vehicle” which he ordered from Penman.