- Collection:
- Southeastern Native American Documents, 1730-1842
- Title:
- [Letter] 1839 Aug. 15, Washington City [to] Rev. Jno. [i.e., John] F. Schermerhorn, Utica, N[ew] Y[ork] / W[illiam] H[olland] T[homas]
- Creator:
- Thomas, William Holland, 1805-1893
- Publisher:
- Manuscript held by the Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, MS2058 , box 1, folder 1, document wt050.
- Date of Original:
- 1839-08-15
- Subject:
- Loans
Collecting of accounts
Schermerhorn, J. F. (John Freeman), 1786-1851 - Location:
- United States, 39.76, -98.5
- Medium:
- business letters
- Type:
- Text
- Format:
- text/html
image/jpeg - Description:
- This is a letter, dated August 15, 1839, to Rev. John F. Schermerhorn from William Holland Thomas. Thomas writes in regard to a proposal he made to purchase Schermerhorn's interest in unspecified lands. Thomas states that he would like a decision on this matter and that he needs Schermerhorn to pay back the 200.00 dollars that he loaned him.
Digital image and encoded transcription of an original manuscript, scanned, transcribed and encoded by the University of Tennessee, Knoxville Libraries in 2001, as part of GALILEO, funded in part by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. - Local Identifier:
- wt050
- External Identifiers:
- Metadata URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt050
- Digital Object URL:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt050#item
- IIIF manifest:
- https://dlg.usg.edu/record/dlg_zlna_wt050/presentation/manifest.json
- Language:
- eng
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Cite as: [title of item], MS2058 , Special Collections Library, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, presented in the Digital Library of Georgia
- Extent:
- 1 page/leaf
- Holding Institution:
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville. Special Collections
- Rights:
-
Page: [1]
Washington City
August 15, 1839
Rev. Jno. [John] F. Schermerhorn Utica NY
Dear, Sir,
I wrote you on the 1st and 13th ultimo the first way directed to Schenecteda the second to Utica NY to which as yet I have reived [received] no answer & [deleted text: in relation to my proposal to comply with your request in ] unless my proposal therein contained to purchase your interest in land refered [referred] to be acceded to and you inform me of it in a short time I shall have to decline this proposal for the present as I shall need the two hundred dollars I loaned before I start home, and if I purchase your interest in those lands must write home for the funds. I will be compelled to remain here until I hear from which I hope will be in a short time.
Yours & c [et cetera]
[Signed] WHT [William Holland Thomas]