ANTIQUE 1857 LETTER JUDE BASSETT SMITH NORTH HAVEN CT NEW HAVEN COUNTY For Sale

8x10 ecru paper with embossed watermark of the paper manufacturer, dated April 3, 1857, sent to hardware merchants in Macon, Georgia from Jude B Smith, North Haven, CT. a manufacturer of shafts. He is writing to he Macon merchants to tell them that their draft was protested for non payment by the Bank of the Republic and wants the Macon firm to attend to it. He will wait to ship their order until that time but he supposes that the trouble is with the banks. He hopes for quick payment "for I use money as fast as I can get it for lumber.". Some slight soiling and splitting on the vertical fold line. The Smith Brothers Carriage Shop is located at 9 State Street.