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Nathan Sargent from Henry Hitchcock, Oct. 10, 1838

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Title	Nathan Sargent from Henry Hitchcock, Oct. 10, 1838
Creator	Hitchcock, Henry, 1829-1902.
Description	Letter regarding the commencement of building activities, including four brick stores and a cotton prep house.
Date	1838
Subject - LCA	Sargent, Nathan, 1794-1875 Hitchcock, Henry, 1829-1902 Biddle, Alexander, 1819-1899 Whig Party (U.S.) United States--Politics and government--19th century United States--Officials and employees
Geographic Terms	Mobile (Ala.)
Source	Civil War & Slavery Collection, Nathan Sargent Papers, LEM200449 (15464)
Rights	For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact Grand Valley State University Special Collections at collections@gvsu.edu
Publisher	Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401
Type	text
Format	text/jp2
Identifier	NS1-15464
Local collection	Abraham Lincoln, Civil War and Slavery

Title	Sargent Page 1
Rights	For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact Grand Valley State University Special Collections at collections@gvsu.edu
Publisher	Grand Valley State University Libraries, Special Collections and University Archives, 1 Campus Drive, Allendale, MI, 49401
Transcript	[Page 1] Mobile 10 Oct. 1838 My Dear Sir , I thank you for your friendly letter of the 20th Augt. It deserved an earlier reply, but the truth is, on my return home I immediately commenced building with the money [?] of the B.W.I. & with about 50,000 more that my ingenuity, or good fortune enabled me to receive, partly through other conditions & partly by voluntary loan on real estate & as it was important to get my buildings done by the first of Nov. & as I had congruently to divide out my contracts among various merchants ?, Brickmakers, lumbermen &c &c & to superintend them all, I have, as you may well suppose, been very much engaged, I have had for the last 4 mos. over 500 men in constant employment, have had near 2 million
Local collection	Abraham Lincoln, Civil War and Slavery

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