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Charles Carroll of Carrollton was a wealthy Maryland planter and the last signer of the Declaration of Independence to die. This letter, concerning an outstanding debt owed to him, was written 3 years before his death at age 95.
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Baltimore 2d April 1829 Dear Sir In your letter of the 28th Janry you promised to inclose a check for $388.22 on one of the banks in this city [?] of the first Monies which you expected soon to receive The Interest was due the [?] of last December. I think it high time you promises were complied with at the expired one of four months from the time it became due. Yours with respect Dear Sir yr most hum. servant Ch. Carroll of Carrollton
Creation Date
4-2-1829
City
Baltimore
State/Province
Maryland
Country
United States
Creator Life Dates
1737-1832
Keywords
Baltimore, 02 April 1829, 1829, banking, interest, Charles Carroll, Carrollton, debt
Resource Identifier
080531-26
Date Digital
March 2014
Document Type
Manuscript
Disciplines
Economic History | Social History | United States History
Format (medium)
manuscript
Format (IMT)
Language
En-us
Digitization Specifications
800ppi 24-bit depth color; Scanned with an Epson 15000 Photo scanner with Epson Scan software; Archival master is a TIFF; TIFFs converted to PDF with Adobe Acrobat XI Pro.
Source
The original from which this digital representation is taken is housed in The Littlejohn Collection at Wofford College, located in the Sandor Teszler Library.
Recommended Citation
Carroll, Charles III, of Carrollton, "Letter from Charles Carroll of Carrollton concerning outstanding debt owed him. 1829." (1829). Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection. 166.
https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/166
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