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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC06313.04.001 |
| From Archive Folder | Aaron Hobart Collection |
| Title | Benjamin Hobart to Aaron Hobart regarding money owed and a hard winter ahead |
| Date | 9 October 1804 |
| Author | Hobart, Benjamin (1781-1877) |
| Recipient | Hobart, Aaron |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Mentions that he owes several people money, including the shoemaker, Mr. Smith, and Mr. Tobor, and asks his nephew to act as his representative in the matter. Also sends a receipt in this letter "for what [he] paid Dr. West for the postage of the Chronicle." Mentions that at the time he was writing this letter there was a storm that damaged several houses, killed cattle, blew logs down. The damage was so great that not even "one hundred thousand, dollars would ... make good." As a result, his father as well as Aaron Hobart's father will have a lot to do this winter. |
| Subjects | Extreme Weather Finance Debt Children and Family |
| People | Hobart, Benjamin (1781-1877) Hobart, Aaron (1787-1858) |
| Place written | Abington, Massachusetts |
| Theme | Children & Family; Banking & Economics; Agriculture |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |