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Business Letter from Mordecai Myers to Matthew Maury, November 4, 1830

Three-page business letter dated November 4, 1830, from Mordecai Myers in Petersburg, Virginia, to Matthew Maury in New York, New York. The letter details cotton purchases Myers made on Maury's account, totaling approximately $12,000 (equivalent to approximately $300,000 in 2017).

Associated People/Businesses

Maury, Matthew
Myers, Mordecai
Myers, Samuel H. / Mordecai , Samuel

Geography

Petersburg
New York City
New York

Subjects

Commercial correspondence
Cotton trade
Merchants
Finance

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 14, Folder 15