January 25, 2024
1806 NEW YORK CITY STAMPLESS FOLDED LETTER TO EDWARD SHIPPEN BURD AT PHILA
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1806 stampless folded letter with red "NEW-YORK" (ornaments above & below date) cds, red "PAID" handstamp, and manuscript "12-1/2" rate, addressed to Edward Shippen Burd, at Philadelphia.2 pg. letter contents. The first page is a letter from Charles Denston, dated at New York City, June 23, 1806. The second page is Edward Shippen Burd's retained copy of his answer to the letter, dated at Philadelphia, Aug. 12, 1806, and signed "E.S. Burd" - a scarce autograph letter signed (ALS) of EDWARD SHIPPEN BURD, (1779-1848), a prominent Philadelphia lawyer, son of Edward Burd (1750-1833), and Elizabeth Shippen, the daughter of Pennsylvania Chief Justice Edward Shippen. A portrait of Edward Shippen Burd, painted by Rembrandt Peale ca 1806-1808, is in the collection of the Smithsonian American Art Museum.Charles Denston writes Edward Shippen Burd concerning a dispute with Silas E. Weir over money owed due to rates of Exchange.Edward Shippen Burd's letter on the second page informs Denston that he has reached a settlement with Mr. Weir, for $35.26, and that "for the trouble I have had", he considered reasonable that his legal fees should be $30.00, leaving $5.26 for Mr. Denston out of the settlement! His letter includes:"I have this moment effected a settlement with Mr. Weir with regard to the difference of Exchange. He would not come to a settlement
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