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AMERICAN IDSTORICAL ASSOCIATION.
from Kentucky, and would Not take it so that I had to sell as I could. I had a conversation With Colo Hammond, he says that he will place 800 Dollars in Bank for you-but as yet he has not don so-not a Dollar bas been paid Except the difference-between 500 and 4£)0 I left hi.n;i Verry sick-I send to you Bapi as an Express with a Note enclosed to be renued The Note you gave with Joseph Bonny is Due 3 of Sept and a New-Note must be in Place by that time-I put Mr John Andrews Name in the Note-but If you do Not Wish him to endorse your Note you can Draw· an ·Other note·and put on any Person you Please but as Mr Andrews is known I think you had bet- ter take him this Note must be returned by the Morrow Evenig Mr Glenn will take all the Beef you ha.ve at 4 Dollars and pay the expence to bringing them to St-Lo-uis its as much as can be had at this time and as Mr Coxes Note will be due in Octbr had you not better Collect up all you can and send them immediately up. . If he takes them they must be had with out delay Beef is plenty and can be had nt less price soon. Mr Hall will take his Supply of flower from you if good flower will be low at Orleans its now 7 Dollars and falling it will soon be 550 at St Louis Hall will give 8 and I think 850 for nll that can be sent in in two week. I see flower sells at St. Louis at f50 p• Hundred in Sacks and good flower-produce of every kind • will be Down as soon as New Crops comes into Market. and If you wish to raise money from Produce push it forward to ~farkett as soon as you can-lett me pray you to return your Note on the morrow as it must be at Bank on lVedensclay or you will be protested the 50 Dollars discount I will have paid the Money for Downal will come next dis- count pay from Mr-Henley MOSES A UST IN If Mr Brynn is not return'd :M"' Bryan will send to Mr Andrews and State to him the necessity of the note being returned to Me on the mor- row nnd at the same time tell him that his name being on the note is for forms sake and that as the Note is Made payable to him and you by Mr Bryan M' Bryan is bound For the [amount?]
MosES AusTIN TO JA:r.rns BRYAN
Sept 6L" 1817
DEAR SoN, Mr Donnal has rec.d from me 380 Dollares being the full amount of the sale of your Whiskey, which on being gauged at St Louis did not hold fully 40 Gall. I think something must be _wrong in the manner of gaugi[n]g the "7hiskey at the Still house- I pray you to make a visit to Herculanm as soon as you can I have had your Note renew.d-at the Bank-to Boring for 500 Dollars
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