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| Culture: | American
| | Title: | letter
| | Date Made: | April 4, 1836
| | Type: | Document
| | Materials: | paper, ink
| | Place Made: | United States; New York; Albany
| | Measurements: | overall: 10 in x 7 5/8 in; 25.4 cm x 19.3675 cm
| | Accession Number: | HD 2010.23.9
| | Credit Line: | Hall and Kate Peterson Fund for Paintings, Prints, Drawings and Photographs
| | Museum Collection: | Historic Deerfield
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Description: Letter related to the family of Sanders Ken Grems Nellis (1817-1865). The letter reads: "Albany April 4th 1836 [?]/ Sir / Please take notice. that a note / of John W ? Martin / for seventeen thousand ($17.000)-------Dollars,/ endorsed by you, was this day Protested for /non-payment, and that you have consequently/ become responsible for the payment of same./ your obed't serv't/ AH Lovett/ Notary Public/ Stephen Leonard Esquire." The outside reads: "AH Lovett/ 36 / Contest [? ]J Martin/ Stephen Leonard Esq/ Lowville [?] / Lewis Co [?]." There are various calculations in pencil on the upper left and lower spaces of the outside of note
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