Select Item below to DOWNLOAD - Once item is selected, right click and choose 'save as'
The National Park Service is committed to making its electronic and information technologies accessible to individuals with disabilities.
If you require assistance or wish to report an issue related to the accessibility of any content on this website, please email NPGallery@nps.gov
If you require assistance or wish to report an issue related to the accessibility of any content on this website, please email NPGallery@nps.gov
Almy Patterson and Company letter to Richard Pell Hunt
12/13/1852
Page 1:
"New York Dec 13th 1852 R.P. Hunt Esq. Dear Sir We have your favor of the 11th & 10th - The [illegible] will be sent as soon as they can be obtained which will be in a day or two - The bill will go forward today - We [illegible] is in the very best and we paid $1.30 per gal - Will send bill as soon as recd We bought today 20 bales cotton at 9 1/2 [cents] which has been sent - This [illegible] the 16 bales will carry you till Christmas and in the mean time we helped to purchase a quantity at 9 [cents] - If we felt that the money market would remain as is present we should prefer buying the cotton [illegible] your drafts as we should gain in interest - If however we should make large purchases it may be that we might prefer you to draw upon us, but would let it remain for the present - As we wrote you we have charged the first 20 bales to you and shall credit you with the 12 bales goods - On reflection we will open an account with you as Agent and charge all your drafts and all our purchases accordingly - We will credit the sales &c to same - This will be simple - When you make drafts"
Page 2:
"(should you do so) you can make [illegible] in that way or in your own name as you prefer. Money is woth a little more than it was last week and 6% is the lowest quotation generally - There is now a little quiet in the markets but we are confident that sales will commence early - Your goods cannot weigh heavier than 3 yard to the pound - We are inclined to shrink if they were a little slacker [illegible] they would look well - We want the weights of each bale on the Invoice - with the number of each and yards placed against it.
Yours truly
Almy Patterson & Co.
The currency $3000 hoes under [illegible] to Seneca County Bank by express - It is directed to you as Agent by mistake of the clerk, or rather by our not mentioning to have it directed simply to you -"
Page 3:
"R.P. Hunt [illegible] -
Nov 22 - Cash /c 6 bales cotton 267.35 Cartage .75 268.10
[Nov] 30 [Cash /c 14 bales cotton 685.31 Cartage 1.75
687.06
To be credited with proceeds of 12 bales of goods
Dr - R.P. Hunt - Agent -
Dec. 9th Cash pd 16 bales cotton 673.21
[Dec] 11 - Draft at 6 months - 3000
[Dec] 13 - Cash /c for $3000 [currency?] less 1/4 % --- 2992.50
Credited
Dec 13th By proceeds of his draft for
$3000 at 6 mos. from Dec 11th
discounted at 5 3/4 % & 1/4 [illegible] $2904.81"
Page 4:
"Almy Patterson 12mo 3rd 1852"
Postmarked in black ink "NEW-YORK DEC 14"
red postage stamp "U'S POSTAGE THREE CENTS"
"R.P. Hunt Esq. Waterloo N.Y."
"New York Dec 13th 1852 R.P. Hunt Esq. Dear Sir We have your favor of the 11th & 10th - The [illegible] will be sent as soon as they can be obtained which will be in a day or two - The bill will go forward today - We [illegible] is in the very best and we paid $1.30 per gal - Will send bill as soon as recd We bought today 20 bales cotton at 9 1/2 [cents] which has been sent - This [illegible] the 16 bales will carry you till Christmas and in the mean time we helped to purchase a quantity at 9 [cents] - If we felt that the money market would remain as is present we should prefer buying the cotton [illegible] your drafts as we should gain in interest - If however we should make large purchases it may be that we might prefer you to draw upon us, but would let it remain for the present - As we wrote you we have charged the first 20 bales to you and shall credit you with the 12 bales goods - On reflection we will open an account with you as Agent and charge all your drafts and all our purchases accordingly - We will credit the sales &c to same - This will be simple - When you make drafts"
Page 2:
"(should you do so) you can make [illegible] in that way or in your own name as you prefer. Money is woth a little more than it was last week and 6% is the lowest quotation generally - There is now a little quiet in the markets but we are confident that sales will commence early - Your goods cannot weigh heavier than 3 yard to the pound - We are inclined to shrink if they were a little slacker [illegible] they would look well - We want the weights of each bale on the Invoice - with the number of each and yards placed against it.
Yours truly
Almy Patterson & Co.
The currency $3000 hoes under [illegible] to Seneca County Bank by express - It is directed to you as Agent by mistake of the clerk, or rather by our not mentioning to have it directed simply to you -"
Page 3:
"R.P. Hunt [illegible] -
Nov 22 - Cash /c 6 bales cotton 267.35 Cartage .75 268.10
[Nov] 30 [Cash /c 14 bales cotton 685.31 Cartage 1.75
687.06
To be credited with proceeds of 12 bales of goods
Dr - R.P. Hunt - Agent -
Dec. 9th Cash pd 16 bales cotton 673.21
[Dec] 11 - Draft at 6 months - 3000
[Dec] 13 - Cash /c for $3000 [currency?] less 1/4 % --- 2992.50
Credited
Dec 13th By proceeds of his draft for
$3000 at 6 mos. from Dec 11th
discounted at 5 3/4 % & 1/4 [illegible] $2904.81"
Page 4:
"Almy Patterson 12mo 3rd 1852"
Postmarked in black ink "NEW-YORK DEC 14"
red postage stamp "U'S POSTAGE THREE CENTS"
"R.P. Hunt Esq. Waterloo N.Y."
Content Location: New York, NY
Women's Rights National Historical Park, Seneca County, New York
Latitude: 42.9025993347168, Longitude: -76.8444976806641
Women's Rights National Historical Park, Seneca County, New York
Latitude: 42.9025993347168, Longitude: -76.8444976806641
Women's Rights National Historical Park, Code: WORI
Organization: US National Park Service
Role: Curator
Address: Women's Rights National Historical Park, 136 Fall Street Seneca Falls, NY 13148
Email: https://www.nps.gov/wori/contacts.htm
Role: Curator
Address: Women's Rights National Historical Park, 136 Fall Street Seneca Falls, NY 13148
Email: https://www.nps.gov/wori/contacts.htm
U.S. National Park Service
Public Can View
Public domain
Permission must be secured from individual copyright owners to reproduce any copyrighted materials contained within this website.
WORI_20644-BX03-Fl02-Doc_05.pdf
Richard Pell Hunt, 1797-1856 (Womens Rights Names)
Almy Patterson and Company (Womens Rights Names)
Commercial Correspondence (Womens Rights Genre)
Almy Patterson and Company (Womens Rights Names)
Commercial Correspondence (Womens Rights Genre)
Part of Series I. Richard Pell Hunt C. Professional Life 5. Waterloo Cotton Mill
Transcript 45.16 - huntco~1.doc
Document
2020/08/11
surrogate (hi res)
WORI Collection Storage
Wednesday, August 19, 2020 4:39:03 PM
Wednesday, August 19, 2020 4:39:03 PM
pdf
7.7 MB
ee6b635a1f75435a9e14adbeb413413d
Historic