English: NPGallery

English: Edward G. Faile and Company

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:
“N York Novbr 21st 1829
Esteemed Friend
We recved yesterday fr genl Trotter 162 Bbls Flour 69 of which we have sold to a customer of ours (a Baker) at 4 5/6 and one bbl being wet, had no doubt been in the canal sold for $4 ½ – The remaining 92 Bbls we have stored thinking it more to your interest than to sell at the present market price – we could not obtain from Flour merchants over $5 ½ - Lee sold 100 Bbls at 5 ½ the balance at 5 40/100 Your last parcell of 50 Bbls arrived during a very depressed state of the market and would have been stored had we anticipated the small quantity we were to receive this fall – They were sold as pr statement below The lot would not bring over 4 2/6 300 Bbls of Ely’s brand were sold on the 3d Nov @ 4 2/ -
With esteem yours
Edwd G Faile & Co
Nov 3d 7 Bbls @ 5 3/8
7 “ 7 “ 5 “ 5 @ 5 ½
7 “ 7”
5 “ 6 “ 7 “ -----
50 Bbls [next to each item in pencil was written the total dollar amt, presumably by Hunt 37.63 37.63 37.63 27 27.50 38.50 27.50 38.50 with the total 271.89. Hunt also added up the value of the 69 barrels that had just sold 69 x 5 = 345 + 34.50 + 8.62 + 4.51 = 392.03]
On front of document on left:
"Edward G. Faile & Co. Letter 11mo 21st 1829"
"Mr. Richard P Hunt Merchant Waterloo Seneca Co"
Postmarked in red ink "NEW-YORK NOV [22?]"

English: 192

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