Name/Title
Ashtabula Co. letter, 1812Entry/Object ID
2021.39.616Tags
1810sScope and Content
Letter with difficult to read handwriting. Possibly to Herekiah and Elisa G Nayes (Hayes?). Possibly from Chauncy Griggs (sp?). Location, Windsor Ashtabula County.
To Mr Herekiah & Miss Elsa . J. Dye
Yours of the 25th has
come safe to hand and its content duty noticed and for
your promptress on answering you receive my warmest thanks.
And I must here say to you the occasion of my not writing to you
before this time was on account of seeing to the articles mentioned
by you asking as to the heirs of Harriet Dye. I found by the
returns of the distributions on the Estate as petitioned into court the
articles that you named was [?]. I then proceeded to
them and a portion of them can be found and a few cannot.
The whole amount of these articles set to your heirs was of the value
as appraised Five dollar and thirty five cents is on the net amounting
to one dollar each heir and Simon Dye had sold five shares
of them to George E S and S [?] will not doe anything
about the distributions without getting all in order and
[?] Those few articles which will cost more than they
are all worth and you will see according to the appraisal there would
be only about ninety cents for each heir so it will not pay the
expense. The old [?] I have seen appraised at 60 [?] you would
not [?] for it therefor I concluded not look any further
about the articles.
This inquiry is for my Bill and I have give it saying that
I consider it my duty which I owe to orphan Children and absent
friends to attend to their wills and not over charge them for
so doing. and if you are of opinion that my services have been
worth Four Dollars you may remit by mail and much oblige yourself
and Miss Elsa. In conclusion I must say that I have
been much [?] to learn that there was one of the of the heirs
of Hezechiah Dye that would would take the trouble to look after Heirs
rights notwithstanding they were small and I will further say to you
that I have intended to doe all the lay in my power to see
that you had them. Mr S [?] has made much more trouble
in the business transactiors than I wish he might but as we
are through with him I feel much relieved and I presume
that you have the same feeling on the same subject It did seem
to me that you might to have had a little more from your shares
but it could not be obtained. I now am authorised to sell the
share that was set to your Uncle [?] for one hundred and
fifty dollars and I cannot get near as much offered so I think
that it is well that yours is sold even at the price it went .
And if you feel as though my Bill of Four Dollars is to much
or more that I ought to have charged you you need not send me
anything
To Hezechiah + Elsa J Dye
Windsor From your Friend
Ashtabula County With Much Respect
Ohio S[?] [?]
Yours [?] [?]Collection
The Richard Morton Hess and Phyllis Lafferty Hess CollectionAcquisition
Accession
2021.39Source or Donor
Hess, KennethLocation
Location
Container
Hess Collection Box 2Date
November 10, 2021Notes
Folder: Ashtabula CountyRelationships
Related Places
Place
* Untyped Place
Ashtabula County, Ohio, Windsor, Ohio
