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that may ha·ve taken place in this exhebit should any hereafter be found to exist-- Boat Building 6 Boats 40 feet each is 240 [feet] @ 3 Dollars [per foot] 720 of these boats 4 was lost in a storm in the Mississippi and two loaded ·with about 14 thousand Pine staves and sent to Orleans which Debt I beleave was sold for 20 Dollars pr thousand but as the Voyag~ under the care of, Elias A Elliot has not been settled it cannot now be stated what will be the actual loss on this stave business. all the money advanced by this Deft for the purchase of staves are in- cluded in the above account the true state of this business cannot be Known untill Moses and James Austin settles there A/c with the companey also. • [l\foSES AUSTIN]
:MosES AusTIN TO JAMES BnYAN
Durham Hall J anY 4 th 1813
Mr. JAMES BRYAN, DEAR Sr I recved you[r] last favour under-date of Octbr 6 th day before Yesterday only. My last letters from my son Stephen from New Orleans was under date of 2 Novr-he then contemplated to leave that City in a day.or two a!}d as I have nothing from him since I hope he has closed his business and left the Country, sence I wrote you last, little business has been don in the mineing or Smelting of Lead in 'consequence of the extreme badness of the weather Shebboleth is nearly abandoned, and such as remain are doing nothing. I have been raising mineral to Some advantage my Shaft is dry and produces as Well as I have don: in times past, last month gave me 20 Thousand, I hope to raise as much this month, Collections are bad and I see little prospect of the l\finers beeing in a Situation of makeing payment this Year, if they had a .dis- position which is generally wanting. . • I do no.t think your brother or Mr Bates has collected 200 Dollars the last six months Thompson has not yet paid, in·short no man pays a dollar, lead Never was so difficult to collect; and I am clearly of the Opinion that Ten thousand Dollars would,-Com- mand Every Pound of Lead for sale this spring and Winter .Woulcl to god I could command that Sum a Speculation of moment could be made but I . have not the means, I think I shall make up 60 tlwusand by Ap_ril. If my prospects continue and Indians do not disturb us . I could not advise· many goods being brought to the C~untry. Not but they would sell readely-but the pay is the question-the situation of the People is such that they C8.!1110t pay. You would
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