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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC04377.01 |
| From Archive Folder | Correspondence between Cyrus Griffin and Burgess Ball |
| Title | Cyrus Griffin to Burgess Ball regarding Ball's affairs in England |
| Date | 3 May 1775 |
| Author | Griffin, Cyrus (1748-1810) |
| Document Type | Correspondence; Land transaction document |
| Content Description | Griffin, managing Ball's affairs in England, states "we are finishing on your affairs with all imaginable dispatch ... Some of the Estates are considerably out of order- others are in tolerable good repair. I really can give no guess how they will sell, but they shall be sold by public Auction to the highest purchaser, it is the safest and most advantageous method..." States that he drew money from Dunlop and Wilson upon Ball's account. Comments that Ball is likely to profit from sending tobacco to England. Offers regards to Ball's family, requesting that Harry "remember me to all the Prachey's" in Richmond, Virginia. States "nothing new in the political world- only the People here seem to ridicule the Idea of resistance from America." Asks if Ball or his wife "have any inclination to tempt Fortune still farther." |
| Subjects | Business and Finance Finance Land Transaction Tobacco and Smoking Merchants and Trade Commerce Politics Revolutionary War Military History Global History and Civics Foreign Affairs |
| People | Griffin, Cyrus (1748-1810) Ball, Burgess (1749-1800) |
| Place written | London, England |
| Theme | Banking & Economics; Merchants & Commerce; Foreign Affairs |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Ball was the husband of George Washington's niece. In the American Revolution, Ball served as a volunteer aide to Washington, Captain of the 5th Virginia Regiment of Foot, and as a colonel. Griffin, educated in Britain as a lawyer, served as a member of the Virginia State house of delegates in 1777, 1778, 1786, and 1787. He was a Continental Congressman 1778-1780 and 1787-1788, serving as Congressional President in 1788. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |