Record ID:
300476
Accession number:
MA 231.24
Credit:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1897.
Description:
1 item (3 p., with address) ; 31.5 cm
Notes:
With postmark and seal.
Part of a collection of 24 autograph letters signed, a letter signed, and an autograph document. Items in the collection are described in individual records (MA 231.1-26).
Summary:
Thanking him for continuing to collect rent money from his tenants; sending him a "new list of arears due to [him]"; describing why various tenants owe him money; giving instructions about which tenants must be made to pay and which may have their debts overlooked; noting that he has not heard from Lyde's son who planned to ask for assistance in his medical career; expressing his willingness to help Lyde's son.
Provenance:
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the London dealer J. Pearson & Co., 1897.
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