English: NPGallery

English: D. Merritt and Son

English: Organization: US National Park Service
Role: Archivist
Address: Women's Rights National Historical Park, 136 Fall Street, Seneca Falls, NY 13148

English: Richard Pell Hunt, 1797-1856

English: On front of document on right:
“New York 12 mo 10th 1824
Rich’rd P. Hunt
Esteemed Friend
About a week or 10 days since there Was a Small quantity flour delivered to Card & Co of N.York [inserted] say 40 or 50 Barrels with thy mark on it we conclude thee must have sold it to them or to some body that has delivered it to them – thy sending some to us sometime since caused me to notice it & did not know but it may have been intended to come to us if so there is a mistake about it & concluded it may be best to write thee on the subject not that we have any wish to have the flour but to the Contrary – be so obliging on the Recp’t of this to write me to care of [Haycock & Jenkins?] give me a Statement of what thee has totl’d of wheat thee has ship’d for us & When that we may know whether it has all arrived or not & also thy amount of if Convenient – it is probable we may need some more Wheat [bbls?] this winter – but no more flour"
On back of document on left:
"Markets are at present very dull for both Wheat & flour Wheat sold yesterday @ 8/08/3 – Flour [cents?] 5 ¾ - best brand western Flour 5 ¾ @ 5 7/8 [cents] by small Quantity but not for Waterloo flour— the prospect for the Spring Market is very [unpromising?] Western Flour is offered deliverable in the Spring at 5 [cents] but no purchasing – it will probably be about [cents?] 4 ½ in the Spring –
In haste Respectfully
Thy Friend D. Merritt & Son
Since writing the foregoing Card & Co have called to say they wish to deliver the flour to us – they say it was sent to them for us – it ought to have gone to [illegible] in Troy – What is [the?] for us – Wheat at Water Line---has thee been able to settle the Amount with the Boatman that Left his load at Schenectady last Year Since writing the above E.G.Fail has call’d and says he thinks the flour is sent for him – Which undoubtedly is the case”
On front of document on left:
"D. Merritt & Son Letter 12mo 10th 1824"
"Richard P. Hunt Merchant Waterloo (NY)"
Postmarked in red ink "NEW-YORK DEC 10"

English: 157

English: Content Location: New York, NY; Women's Rights National Historical Park, Seneca County, New York; Latitude: 42.9025993347168, Longitude: -76.8444976806641

English: U.S. National Park Service