Letter to Fitzgerald & Lee from Thomas L. Slappey

Archive

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Antique Boat Museum

Name/Title

Letter to Fitzgerald & Lee from Thomas L. Slappey

Entry/Object ID

2022.16.7278

Scope and Content

Letter to Fitzgerald & Lee from Thomas L. Slappey Transcription: Law Offices Thomas L. Slappey 705 William-Oliver Bldg. Telephone Main 7566 Atlanta, GA. October 31, 1932. Fitzgerald & Lee, Inc., Alexandria Bay, N. Y. Gentlemen: Your letter of October 29, 1932, to Mrs. Anna N. Brown, has been referred to me for reply. She accepts your proposition contained in said letter, subject to slight change in the method of making your deferred payments. She had rather these payments be made two hundred and fifty dollars, ($250.00), each quarter instead of five hundred dollars, ($500.00), each six months and of course, since she was expecting this to be a cash sale, she expects you to take care of the small charges which might be made by the bank for handling the collections and remittances to her and holding her Deed in escrow which it now has. Contracts to this effect have been executed by Mrs. Brown and are being sent, today, to the Watertown Savings Bank with instructions that they accept these payments and remit to Mrs. Brown and when the contract is complied with, they are to deliver to you the Warranty Deed and you can deliver to the bank, now, five hundred dollar ($500.00) cash payment, together with your notes for the remainder of the thirty-five hundred dollars, covering the full purchase price of said property. Yours very truly, Thomas L. Slappey Attorney TLS:nh Enc. Copy to: Watertown Savings Bank Watertown, New York

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

Thomas L. Slappey

Date(s) of Creation

Oct 31, 1932

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.