Hopkin Brothers (firm), fl. 1819-1838 to William B. Stone

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GLC#
GLC08905
Type
Letters
Date
March 13, 1838
Author/Creator
Hopkin Brothers (firm), fl. 1819-1838
Title
to William B. Stone
Place Written
Baltimore, Maryland
Pagination
2 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson

Discusses debts and financial arrangements. Also comments on slaves being used as collateral: "We regret that you have had so much trouble with Keybird the lien on the Negroes is ample security for our debt." Hopkins Brothers was a commission firm founded by Johns Hopkins (who also founded the university named for him). Stone was possibly the William B. Stone who was a merchant merchant in Port Tobacco and Upper Marlboro, Maryland.

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