Philadelphia, March 18, 1782.
Sir: The inclosed will introduce you to the acquaintance of Colo. Rumney, 10 and be the mean, I expect, of obtaining information of the situation, and circumstances attending Earl Tankerville's 11 Estate. I am etc.
[Note:Col. William Rumney, of the Virginia Militia. ]
[Note:Charles Bennett, Earl Tankerville. He had been the chief beneficiary of John Colvill, whose brother Thomas had made Washington one of his executors. ]
[H.L.]