Name/Title
Letter from Moses Thomas to Henry BrevoortEntry/Object ID
HHV 003.760Description
Letter from Moses Thomas to Henry BrevoortSubject
Request to “renew” (extend) payment due for another 60 days, banks in Philadelphia are “curtailing” for want of money in the city (Panic of 1819)Subject Person/Organization
Moses Thomas, Henry BrevoortSubject Place
* Untyped Subject Place
Philadelphia, PA, New YorkCollection
Irving Manuscript CollectionTranscription
Transcription
Philad’ . 29 August 1818
Dear Sir
I paid the first draft for $500 + the second is due 8/11th Sep. which I must / beg the favor of you to renew for 60 days / U should not have asked this favor of you / had there not been an immense prefs for / money in the city just now. None of our / Banks are discounting _ on the contrary they / are all curtailing, and the want of money is / universal among the Trading part of the / community. From the situation of Mr / Irving + myself, I will guarantee to you / that no blame shall accrue from the arrange = / =ment, and therefore trust you will not [hesi=?] / to comply with my request. I will send on /
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My note with the interest added in accept [yo-??] / draft for this amount.
I am with esteem +
Respect
Yr Ob St
M Thomas
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Philad: 29 Aug 1818
Moses Thomas
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H Brevoort Esq.Transcriber
Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
EnglishOther Names and Numbers
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W 491
