[Letter to] Br Phelps
Contributors: Phelps, Amos A. (Amos Augustus), 1805-1847, recipient
Published: 1844
Language: eng
Format: [manuscript]
Subjects: Correspondence; Stock exchanges; Abolitionists; History
Other titles: Amos A. Phelps Correspondence (1821-1847) (Boston Public Library)
Description: In this letter to Amos A. Phelps, George Jeffrey Tillotson writes about the creation of new shares in the Merchant's Bank and his option to purchase these new shares.  He asks Phelps to make inquiries about the "prospects of t[he] Bank, its present amount of surplus &c & write me soon."   He also asks Phelps whether he wishes to pay back any of his debt but Tillotson assures Phelps that he is "not anxious that you should, unless you altogether prefer it."
Notes: Holograph, signed.

Title devised by cataloger.

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) manuscript composed in black ink on white paper.  Just above the salutation, the number "72" is marked in pencil.

Cataloged sgellerman