Your Letter to me on the subject of the proposed Voyage I inclosed to Mr. Russell -- & have his answer in which he informs me that our Vessell not being exactly suitable he proposes exchanging her -- for which purpose he has sent the Captain to some of the out ports to effect this purpose -- as I have no doubt it will be done -- I have to request you to furnish me with the necessary Letters, and if possible to send to me at this -- place by Tuesday next -- as I shall set of[f] for Boston on Wednesday next -- & by the time I get there they will be wanted.(1)
I am with esteam and respect, Your most Humble Servt, Nath Gorham
RC (MH-H: bMS Am 1649.9).
1 Gorham apparently last attended Congress on Friday October 12. See JCC, 33:663-64, 678. However, in the following account for his attendance in 1787 at both Congress and the Constitutional Convention, he claimed compensation for the following periods, which included travel time to and from Congress, through November 25. "As a Member of Congress from the 7th of April 1787 to the 4th of May both inclusive being 28 days, @ 26/,. . .as a Member of Convention at Philadelphia from the 5th of May 1787 to the 20th of September following, both inclusive being 139 days, @ 30/. . .[and] as a Member of Congress from the 21st September to the 25th of November fol[lowing] both inclusive being 66 days, @ 26/." Signers of the Constitution Collection, NNPM.