Letter to Fitzgerald & Lee, Inc. from William H. Linkroum

Archive

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Antique Boat Museum

Name/Title

Letter to Fitzgerald & Lee, Inc. from William H. Linkroum

Entry/Object ID

2022.16.8217

Scope and Content

Letter to Fitzgerald & Lee, Inc. from William H. Linkroum Transcription: [Wm Linkroum letterhead] Dec. 14/37 Dear Mr. Fitzgerald: Yours of the 10th at hand and I am very sorry to say it will be impossible for me to finance a new boat as you suggest at this time. As you are no doubt aware business has taken a terrible "nose dive" and everyone around New York, the financial center of the country, is alarmed and unable to do anything about it. There have been heavy losses in investments and I am no exception so all in all I must watch my step carefully. In short, I have no ready cash to loan. Coming at any other time when fear did not grip the business man and the investor i would be only to glad to accommodate. I think the idea of building a boat of the type of the W.H.L. is a good one and no doubt Mrs. Butnet will be interested in fact probably would buy. Bear in mind however Mrs. Burnet is quite an elderly lady. Regardless of Mrs. Burnet's interest and business conditions I feel you should have no difficulty selling a boat of this type providing you can keep the cost down and have it ready for delivery by June 15th. We leave for the south Jan 4th so I will miss the motor boat show. Mr. Williams[?] will be page 2 on deck and will be very happy to attend I am sure. You can reach him at the above address [Linkroum's letterhead]. I will be interested in having all the details about the new 22 foot runabout. I have been reading about the cold and snow you have been having and I would enjoy seeing it, from a Florida view point only however. My best regards to Mr. Lee and yourself and best wishes for a Happy Holiday season and good business at the show. Yours very truly, W,H. Lindroum

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

William H. Linkroum

Date(s) of Creation

Dec 14, 1937

Archive Size/Extent

2 pages

Restrictions

This collection is open for research use

Primary Language

English

Archive Notes

Transcribed by Mike Gimigliano on 3/14/23

Archive Items Details

Container

6-13

Location

Building

Cornwall Brothers Store Museum

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.