Being extensively engaged in transacting business as Agent for the owners of lands in Illinois and Missouri ...
Published
1 folded sheet ([2] leaves), 23 cm.
Physical Description
[St. Louis? : A. Beck?, ca. 1820]
Local Notes
BEIN BrSide4o Zc: In ms.: letter addressed to Mr. George Coit of Buffalo, N.Y.; dated June 24, 1820; signed Abm Beck; includes calculations of amount required to redeem land. Top half of (blank) leaf [2] is torn away, with half of ms. address. Stamp postmark of St. Louis.
Notes
Title from opening sentence.
At head of letter: St. Louis, Missouri.
Form letter offering to redeem lands advertised for sale for payment of taxes, in return for a commission. Leaf [2] is blank, used as an envelope for the letter.