Correspondence regarding the Joseph Dobbins estate legacy, 1806

Correspondence regarding the Joseph Dobbins estate legacy, 1806

1806

ChristChurch.CorporationCorrespondence_4-2-0-22

4.2.0.22; F510

Correspondence regarding power of attorney over the estate of Joseph Dobbins (also referred to in connection with a legacy from the late Mrs. Dobbin).

The letters document the legal and financial management of a legacy bequeathed to a charitable institution overseen by the Christ Church Vestry. They discuss assigning uncollected debts, providing a bond of indemnity, compensating the estate manager, and drawing funds from Charleston, South Carolina to Philadelphia.

Pennsylvania--Philadelphia

South Carolina--Charleston

Christ Church, Philadelphia, PA

2 documents

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This group of two documents from 1806 concerns the administration of the estate of the late Mrs. Dobbins (also rendered Dobbin and Dubree) and a legacy bequeathed to the charitable institution represented by Christ Church (Philadelphia, Pa.). In a letter dated May 29, 1806, from Charleston, South Carolina, Henry William De Saussure acknowledges receipt of a letter of the 6th instant addressed to Judge Johnson and himself, requesting them to act under a power of attorney authorizing them to receive the legacy and give receipts on behalf of the charitable institution. De Saussure expresses confidence that Judge Johnson will cheerfully undertake the duty and pledges to attend to the business once the courts adjourn [p.1]. The second document, dated December 17, 1806, is a copy of a letter from William Tilghman and Thomas Cumpston (also noted as Thomas Leaming) in Philadelphia to William Johnson and H. W. De Saussure in Charleston. It thanks them for their letter of October 27 and, after consultation with the Vestry, agrees to accede to Mr. Jones's proposal of assigning uncollected debts and receiving a general release and indemnification against future demands against the estate of Mr. Dubree. The writers offer either to have the Vestry give a bond of indemnity directly to Mr. Jones or, if the correspondents prefer, to become responsible to him themselves [p.2r]. The letter further notes that the Vestry concluded to allow Mr. Jones $500 for his trouble in managing Mr. Dobbins's estate, including legal commissions, emphasizing their duty as trustees of a charitable institution to be economical. Acknowledging that the correspondents held $2,200 available for drawing, the writers drew a bill for that sum payable at ten days' sight to the order of George Simpson, Cashier of the Bank of the United States [p.2v].

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