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Alfred Heacock P.M.
Doctr In: Townsend
Bloomfield
Green County
Indiana
Norrisville Sept 26 1840
Dear Brother
I went last week with Mr. Gibbons to see about his cash but he was disappointed and recd but $20 instead of $3000.
He will therefore reluctantly be compelled to stay at home and lay on his oars. You need not therefore expect them. You say in your last letter that you have an opportunity of trading your Due Bills for goods. If you can get Staple articles such as Tea Coffee Sugar molasses brown muslins & Sattinets it would do at fair prices. But prints and fancy goods will not sell so readily and you would have to buy them too high.
Get all the cash you can for I am needy. I can get nothing for rigging the mill without paying the cash for it. Bring or send Hannah a saddle but get as few unnecessary articles brought up the river as possible because the freight must be cash. The State of Maine has unexpectedly gone the Larrison ticket Governor longref 6 to 7 vans and a majority on joint ballot of Whigs. We have just put in the Country bolt but the elevators are not yet fixed. I do not know whether I shall be able to get the mill ready for merchant this winter or not. I am afraid I shall lack the necessary cash. Everything is dull at Massillon and but little confidence between man & man.
TFP-010b
The vans have got [Stark?]weather off the track and Dean of Wooster in his stead. The Whigs have taken up Lovi Cox for Congress against Dean.
Louisa cannot come along with your mother John as you expected. She is too sick & her health is such that you must return as soon as possible. She is very [sic] anxious to see you as she cannot tell how it may go with her.
This is the last letter I shall write you.
You had better leave your notes for collection unless you can make a fier trade. If you get prints & other goods sufficiently low you might trade - as it is a trouble to go often that distance. I did not understand whether you meant to trade land & notes for goods or only notes. Do what you think best in the premises. I shall not be able on my own account to raise any thing for the purchase of goods unless it be to keep up the stock of groceries which is even doubtful. The Mill costs so tremendously. I find it is a better looking mill than the Newer mill.
Your friend
Alfred Heacock
NB We habe received three letters on [illegible]
Louise has not received your letter regularly.
Moses was at short break last week nothing strange there.
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| Title | Townsend Correspondence 1840 |
| Creator | Dr. Alfred Heacock |
| Date | 1840-09-26 |
| Description | A letter from Dr. Alfred Heacock to his brother in law John Townsend. Alfred Heacock (1804-?) was married to Hannah Townsend. |
| Object Type | correspondence |
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| Rights | We have determined this work to be in the public domain, meaning that it is not subject to copyright. Users are free to copy, use, and redistribute the work in part or in whole. It is possible that current copyright holders, heirs or the estate of the authors of individual portions of the work, such as illustrations or photographs, assert copyrights over these portions. Depending on the nature of subsequent use that is made, additional rights may need to be obtained independently of anything we can address. |
| Collection | Townsend Family Papers 1826-1914 |
| Language | english |
| Repository | California Room, San Jose Public Library |
| Transcript | Free Alfred Heacock P.M. Doctr In: Townsend Bloomfield Green County Indiana Norrisville Sept 26 1840 Dear Brother I went last week with Mr. Gibbons to see about his cash but he was disappointed and recd but $20 instead of $3000. He will therefore reluctantly be compelled to stay at home and lay on his oars. You need not therefore expect them. You say in your last letter that you have an opportunity of trading your Due Bills for goods. If you can get Staple articles such as Tea Coffee Sugar molasses brown muslins & Sattinets it would do at fair prices. But prints and fancy goods will not sell so readily and you would have to buy them too high. Get all the cash you can for I am needy. I can get nothing for rigging the mill without paying the cash for it. Bring or send Hannah a saddle but get as few unnecessary articles brought up the river as possible because the freight must be cash. The State of Maine has unexpectedly gone the Larrison ticket Governor longref 6 to 7 vans and a majority on joint ballot of Whigs. We have just put in the Country bolt but the elevators are not yet fixed. I do not know whether I shall be able to get the mill ready for merchant this winter or not. I am afraid I shall lack the necessary cash. Everything is dull at Massillon and but little confidence between man & man. TFP-010b The vans have got [Stark?]weather off the track and Dean of Wooster in his stead. The Whigs have taken up Lovi Cox for Congress against Dean. Louisa cannot come along with your mother John as you expected. She is too sick & her health is such that you must return as soon as possible. She is very [sic] anxious to see you as she cannot tell how it may go with her. This is the last letter I shall write you. You had better leave your notes for collection unless you can make a fier trade. If you get prints & other goods sufficiently low you might trade - as it is a trouble to go often that distance. I did not understand whether you meant to trade land & notes for goods or only notes. Do what you think best in the premises. I shall not be able on my own account to raise any thing for the purchase of goods unless it be to keep up the stock of groceries which is even doubtful. The Mill costs so tremendously. I find it is a better looking mill than the Newer mill. Your friend Alfred Heacock NB We habe received three letters on [illegible] Louise has not received your letter regularly. Moses was at short break last week nothing strange there. |
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| File Name | csj-TownsendCorr-010a.jpg |
| Title | Townsend Correspondence, 1840 |
| Creator | Dr. Alfred Heacock |
| Date | 1840-09-26 |
| Description | A letter from Dr. Alfred Heacock to his brother in law John Townsend. Alfred Heacock (1804-?) was married to Hannah Townsend. |
| Object Type | Correspondence |
| Format | jpeg |
| Rights | We have determined this work to be in the public domain, meaning that it is not subject to copyright. Users are free to copy, use, and redistribute the work in part or in whole. It is possible that current copyright holders, heirs or the estate of the authors of individual portions of the work, such as illustrations or photographs, assert copyrights over these portions. Depending on the nature of subsequent use that is made, additional rights may need to be obtained independently of anything we can address. |
| Collection | Townsend Family Papers 1826-1914 |
| Language | english |
| Repository | California Room, San Jose Public Library |
| Transcript | Free Alfred Heacock P.M. Doctr In: Townsend Bloomfield Green County Indiana Norrisville Sept 26 1840 Dear Brother I went last week with Mr. Gibbons to see about his cash but he was disappointed and recd but $20 instead of $3000. He will therefore reluctantly be compelled to stay at home and lay on his oars. You need not therefore expect them. You say in your last letter that you have an opportunity of trading your Due Bills for goods. If you can get Staple articles such as Tea Coffee Sugar molasses brown muslins & Sattinets it would do at fair prices. But prints and fancy goods will not sell so readily and you would have to buy them too high. Get all the cash you can for I am needy. I can get nothing for rigging the mill without paying the cash for it. Bring or send Hannah a saddle but get as few unnecessary articles brought up the river as possible because the freight must be cash. The State of Maine has unexpectedly gone the Larrison ticket Governor longref 6 to 7 vans and a majority on joint ballot of Whigs. We have just put in the Country bolt but the elevators are not yet fixed. I do not know whether I shall be able to get the mill ready for merchant this winter or not. I am afraid I shall lack the necessary cash. Everything is dull at Massillon and but little confidence between man & man. TFP-010b The vans have got [Stark?]weather off the track and Dean of Wooster in his stead. The Whigs have taken up Lovi Cox for Congress against Dean. Louisa cannot come along with your mother John as you expected. She is too sick & her health is such that you must return as soon as possible. She is very [sic] anxious to see you as she cannot tell how it may go with her. This is the last letter I shall write you. You had better leave your notes for collection unless you can make a fier trade. If you get prints & other goods sufficiently low you might trade - as it is a trouble to go often that distance. I did not understand whether you meant to trade land & notes for goods or only notes. Do what you think best in the premises. I shall not be able on my own account to raise any thing for the purchase of goods unless it be to keep up the stock of groceries which is even doubtful. The Mill costs so tremendously. I find it is a better looking mill than the Newer mill. Your friend Alfred Heacock NB We habe received three letters on [illegible] Louise has not received your letter regularly. Moses was at short break last week nothing strange there. |
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