Paris Aug 13th 1825 - Memorandum of our / agreement [made?invo–?] this day between John Howard / Paine + Stephen Price _ Mr Paine agrees to furnish / + deliver to Mr Price or his order in London Terr / peices translated from the french theaters / + adopted for representation in New York / York, the peices to be selected with his best judgment / from those produced in the next twelve months / + delivered within that period _ for which Mr / Price agrees to pay Fifty pounds at the present / time Fifty pounds on the 13th Dec’r + fifty pounds / on the 13th Apl next, and to pay the expence / of copying the musick + transporting the peices / to London _ Mr Paine is to deliver four peices / previous to the second payment + four or / more previous to the last _ Should any difficulty
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Difference of opinion arise respecting / the [??] + construction of this agreement / reference is to made to Mr W Irving whose / decision upon the question shall be binding / upon the parties _
S. Price
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John Howard Payne /
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mentions Washington Irving
Collection
Irving Manuscript Collection
Archive Items Details
Title
Memorandum of Agreement
Description
Legal
Creator
Stephen Price, John Howard Payne
Date(s) of Creation
Aug 13, 1825
Search Terms
Washington Irving, John Miller, Paris, London, agreement for translating new French plays, Irving to be arbiter
