Letter from G.B. Throop to his brother
- Title:
- Letter from G.B. Throop to his brother
- Collection:
- 19th Century Prison Reform Collection
- Date:
- 1848-07-17
- ID Number:
- RMM01157_B01_F10_019_01
- Collection Number:
- 1157
- File Name:
- RMM01157_B01_F10_019_01.jpg
- Transcription:
- Detroit July 17 1848
Dear Brother,
W. Bragg [?] has been here and has taken the draft of Litchfield and $2.21 cash and discharged your bond and Mortgage. I enclose the Mortgage and discharge. Having this and Taylor contract this morning in hand, I have examined the location of your 100 acres and refer you to my marks upon the map on the face of the mortgage as showing you where it is. There is an error with me or you, as to the 40 acres. I supposed that it was on the South side of Sec. 25 but you see that it is on the North side. The description in Taylor contract is "vis [?] the N.E. 1/4 and the N.E. 1/4 of the N.W. 1/4 of section 25 and the N.W. quarter section 26 in Town 1. South of Range [?] 11 W. containing in all 360 acres". I supposed that you owned the 4 [?] on South side of 25 and 26 except the Mason 40 acres. W. Bragg [?] left with me the [?] and some intermediate conveyances, and endorsed upon your bond a receipt of $495. 21 in full. I am some worried about this error and want to hear from you how it is. [?] young of the 13th Friday Eve Throop had written to you the day before. I showed it to him and again urged him to go out but he [?] that he could not anyhow and Saturday evening he took the boat for home. Frances has gone with him her health seemed to require it and she has gone to stay as long as she thinks [?] among all her friends. I conclude that Throop explained to you that he [?] up only $400 and took but four shares of the stock for his mother. He mentioned that the stock was selling at from 90 upon [?]. I replied that I would take the other share, $100 at the same price that he had it [??] somehow to pay for it when you should want it. I suppose the very great difficulty in money matters forces down this as it does the [?] securities. I had a letter from M[?] upon my return saying that his friend had declined the loan he had promised for me because the stock was down 8% at NY. But you have done well in offering Taylor the stock at 110 and he will probably take it. If not I would let it remain as it is, and let him keep the deed until it is paid up hereafter. I sent a [?] of ten shares to the office at Boston directing transfers of 4 shares to Mrs. [?] Martin , one share to me and the 5 shares in a new [?] to you. Money affairs are in a woeful condition. Banks in New York failing and panic extending. Cannot you postpone some of your outlays this fall? The [?] has not yet been made by Mr. Litchfield of the warrants and will not be [?] a some 2 days till his directors go away, but I will send out $100 as you direct by Express tomorrow or with this letter. You ought not to have expected a letter from me as you say. You have not replied to my last sending you $100 but I believe that it did not require any reply from its contents. I rely upon it that the arrangement with George of Dodge on [?] not fall through altho I have not received anything further from him about it. This is very important to me and George. Yours, J.B. Throop - Work Type:
- documents
- Cite As:
- Enos Thompson Throop. Papers, #1157. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
- Repository:
- Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library
- Archival Collection:
- Enos Thompson Throop Papers
- Box:
- 1
- Folder:
- 10
- Format:
- Image
- Rights:
- The content in the 19th Century Prison Reform Collection is believed to be in the public domain by virtue of its age, and is presented by Cornell University Library under the Guidelines for Using Text, Images, Audio, and Video from Cornell University Library Collections [http://hdl.handle.net/1813.001/CULCopyright]. This collection was digitized by Cornell University Library in 2017 from print materials held in the Rare and Manuscript Collections, with funding from a Digital Collections in Arts and Sciences Grant to Katherine Thorsteinson. For more information about these volumes, please contact the Rare and Manuscript Collections at rareref@cornell.edu. Responsibility for making an independent legal assessment of an item and securing any necessary permissions ultimately rests with persons desiring to use the item.