Name/Title
Letter regarding repayment of a debt.Entry/Object ID
2000.FIC.02.093Scope and Content
Letter to Mr. D.K. Cahoon regarding a bill Daniel submitted and has no money to pay it.
Cincinnati Feb 20, 1840
Sir
Your note came to hand on Monday as for complying with your request as Regards see it I can not do it we Buckeyes dont see any Money now 3 days we live on Promises as for My Part I Cant raise money Enough for Boarding Though I would like very much to have see it with the other 3 below that if I could raise the wind but can not do it at this time perhaps we might pay you in two or three months or if you will take Whitewater Canal Script we will pay you down for A the script is payable when the first money is paid out by the company in the spring - if you think will write a few Lines
Yours Respectfully
John Camcrop
Mr. D.K. Cahoon Contractor
Envelope:
Postmark: Cincinnati O Center: Feb / 22
Mr. D.K. Cahoon
New Albany
Indiana
*The Whitewater Canal was conceived in 1836, when Indiana legislators passed the Internal Improvements Act to help entice new white settlers and business to the area. Unfortunately, the state of Indiana actually went bankrupt in the 1840s, and private investors had to take over the canal project.
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Notes
2000.FIC.02.092, 2000.FIC.02.095, 2000.FIC.02.096, 2000.FIC.02.107, 2000.FIC.02.108, 2000.FIC.02.110
