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Description
Chase asks his wife to record updated financial information in his square book.
Date
2-27-1829
Keywords
Dr. Smith, Mr. O.B. Brown, Mrs. Anthony Addison
Recommended Citation
Chase, Philander, "Letter to Sophia Chase" (1829). Philander Chase Letters. 783.
https://digital.kenyon.edu/chase_letters/783
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My dear wife:
I have received of Dr. Smith Executor to the will of Mrs. Anthony Addison $122, 84/100 The present value of $166, worth of Bank stock if at par. This sum you will put down on my square book making [me] [?] [65] the College, [?] $122 84/100 .
I also re’d. this day one Dollar from O.B. Brown, for the College. Put this down. Mr. O.B. Brown is of the Post office Department
I think I mentioned in my letter sent off today that $5 were given me by Friends in Prime Geo: [Colleary] [land]
Three of your letters came today