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Collection Reference Number GLC07483.16
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1844 
Title Gerrit Smith to Daniel Cady regarding two merchants
Date 26 December 1844
Author Smith, Gerrit (1797-1874)  
Recipient Cady, Daniel  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Writes to his uncle about two merchants, Shepard and Wright, who owe him money. Believes that if they start legal action against Shepard, he will pay. With note and docket on verso by recipient.
Subjects Reform Movement  Children and Family  Debt  Law  Finance  
People Smith, Gerrit (1797-1874)  Cady, Daniel (1773-1859)  
Place written Petersboro, New York
Theme Merchants & Commerce; Children & Family; Law
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information Smith was a United States reformer, abolitionist, politician, and philanthropist. Cady was a New York jurist and the father of feminist Elizabeth Cady Stanton.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859