Madison, Dolley, 1768-1849 to Richard Cutts
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC03191 Author/Creator: Madison, Dolley, 1768-1849 Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: February 8, 1840 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket : free frank Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy
Asks for more time to repay her debt to her niece and Cutts' daughter, Mary Cutts, and blames her delay in paying on bad weather and the roads, which have caused others not to repay her. Mentions that P. (John Payne Todd, her son) is still in Richmond. States she is unable to do business until she can get abroad. Free franked by Dolley Madison. Signed DPM.
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