ALS signed “Wm. Floyd,” one page, 7.75 x 12.5, June 2, 1817. Letter to Gilead Hotchkiss, in full: "I have Rec'd your Letter in which you demand thirty nine dollars and forty five cents paid me by Mr. Curtis for David Hotchkiss as Curtis informed me toward the Land which Hotchkiss had agreed for immediately after he had agreed for the Land and without taking a deed he went on to the Land and cut and Sold a Vast quantity of the finest Locust timer in the Country, this he continued to do for ten or twelve years without taking a deed or paying me any thing for the Land except the thirty nine dollars & forty five cents, altho I frequently urged him to do it, after ten or twelve years he wrote me that he would take a part of the Land—that Convinced me that he did not Intend to abide by his first agreement for the Land and I have since Sold it—Not I am Justly Intitled to the Interest of about five hundred Dollars for ten or twelve years, deducting out of it the thirty nine Dollars & forty five Cents—that is honestly my due. As for your part young man you have paid me Counterfeit money and as I believe knowing it to be counterfeit—and I think I shall not do my duty to the public unless I have you prosecuted for it that may provide a place for you in the States prison where you may learn to be more honest for the future." Floyd adds the address to the reverse and pens a brief letter below, “this Letter I was going to Send to Gilead Hotchkiss But I have sent him another which is more proper, this Letter contains a statement of the Business between David Hotchkiss and me.” In very good to fine condition, with a small piece of tape to the upper left corner, and a block of light toning over much of the letter. Accompanied by an unsigned engraving. Pre-certified PSA/DNA.
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