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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC08905 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1838 |
| Title | Hopkins Brothers to William B. Stone discussing debts and financial arrangements |
| Date | 13 March 1838 |
| Author | Hopkins Brothers (fl. 1838) |
| Recipient | Stone, William B. |
| Document Type | Correspondence |
| Content Description | Discusses debts and financial arrangements. Also comments on slaves being used as collateral: "We regret that you have had so much trouble with Keybird the lien on the Negroes is ample security for our debt." Hopkins Brothers was a commission firm founded by Johns Hopkins (who also founded the university named for him). Stone was possibly the William B. Stone who was a merchant in Port Tobacco and Upper Marlboro, Maryland. |
| Subjects | African American History Slavery Debt Finance |
| People | Stone, William B. (fl. 1838) |
| Place written | Baltimore, Maryland |
| Theme | African Americans; Slavery & Abolition |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |