Letter to Fitzgerald & Lee from Ben H. Berry

Archive

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Antique Boat Museum

Name/Title

Letter to Fitzgerald & Lee from Ben H. Berry

Entry/Object ID

2022.16.7244

Scope and Content

A letter to Fitzgerald & Lee from Ben H. Berry Transcription: WA. 3189 Ben H. Berry Attorney-At-Law 901 Georgia Savings Bank Bldg. Atlanta, GA March 1, 1934 Fitzgerald and Lee, Inc. Alexandria Bay, New York Gentlemen; I am in receipt of your check for $268.75 for the note due Mrs. Brown February 1st. There is an additional $1.00 due on interest for the period of Feb. 1 to Feb. 26th. when you mailed this check. I am holding the note awaiting your additional check for $1.00 to cover this interest. There is also the matter of taxes for the year 1933 which amount to something over $40.00, however if you will also include this in your check I will be glad to accept just the $40.00. This makes a total of $41.00 for interest and taxes. I regret that this matter was not finally disposed of this month, however I am hopeful that it can be arranged before the next note falls due. Just what your plans and intentions are I do not know, but I would like to offer a suggestion which might be profitable to you. Instead of trying to get someone to buy these notes from Mrs. Brown, why not find someone one who will loan you $2000.00 on this property. I will then make a deed to them subject to your interest in this property and you will make a new series of notes to this other person, dating them the day the loan is made at the rate of six per cent. Then I will send you the notes Mrs. Brown holds for you to destroy them. By handling this matter in this way you will be saving about $150.00 yourself or in other words six per cent interest on $1750.00 from Nov. 1st., 1932. If I may be of any further help I will be glad to serve you. Am looking for a check for $41.00 by return mail. Very truly yours, Ben H. Berry Ben H. Berry bhb:b

Context

The Fitzgerald & Lee collection was discovered in 2014, in the attic space of what used to be the Fitzgerald & Lee business offices. The collection was donated to the Alexandria Township Historical Society. Fitzgerald & Lee were prominent boat builders of the area from 1920-1942, building custom boats and selling Gar Wood boats. The museum holds several Fitzgerald & Lee built boats in its permanent collection.

Collection

Fitzgerald & Lee Collection of the Cornwall Brothers Store Museum

Category

Correspondence

Acquisition

Accession

2022.16

Source or Donor

Cornwall Brothers Store Museum

Acquisition Method

Loan

Credit Line

Cornwall Brothers Store Museum

Source (if not Accessioned)

Cornwall Brothers Store Museum

Notes

The Fitzgerald & Lee collection is held at the Cornwall Brothers Store Museum in Alexandria Bay, NY. Due to mutual interests in the substance and context of the collection, the ABM digitized the collection to be able to use the materials for internal exhibit purposes.

Archive Details

Creator

Ben H Berry

Date(s) of Creation

Mar 1, 1934

Archive Size/Extent

1 page

Restrictions

The collection is open for research use

Primary Language

English

Location

Building

Cornwall Brothers Store Museum

Web Links and URLs

History of the Discovery of the Fitzgerald & Lee business records

Copyright

Copyright Details

The Fitzgerald & Lee, Inc. collection is the physical property of the Alexandria Township Historical Society. The ABM reserves the right to reproduce items from the Fitzgerald and Lee Collection for exhibition use. Any other use must be approved by the ATHS. Inquiries as to publication or reproduction for profit must be forwarded to the ATHS. Copyright belongs to the authors or creators or their legal representatives where applicable. For further information, consult the Alexandria Township Historical Society at 315.482.4586.