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Smith, Gerrit (1797-1874) to Daniel Cady

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07483.16 Author/Creator: Smith, Gerrit (1797-1874) Place Written: Petersboro, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 26 December 1844 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket ; 28 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Writes to his uncle about two merchants, Shepard and Wright, who owe him money. Believes that if they start legal action against Shepard, he will pay. With note and docket on verso by recipient.

Smith was a United States reformer, abolitionist, politician, and philanthropist. Cady was a New York jurist and the father of feminist Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

Smith, Gerrit, 1797-1874
Cady, Daniel, 1773-1859

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