[Transcript of letter from Thomas Wescott, January 21, 1806] Page: 1 of 2
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Tenessea Jan^ .21^^ 1806.
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I have called on McKean in Nashville on Acct of your
buaineas Several timea but never found him at the Store rbut
once Since I retum'd laat He did promiae to meet me once in
Town (he now livea a few milea out) But it rain'd hard and he
did not come I am informed by aome of the Merchants that he
ia about sending on to Philidelphia for gooda again and this per -
hapa makea him 3hy to come t^^compromiae) but If he does not coma
to a settlement when I see him again I ahaB. bring auit in yf
handa for the recovery of your money.
The laat time I waa in Nashvill hia Clerk told me
he had rec^ a letter from you directing him to Sell Y? ahot at
10 cents, ha intends by what I can find out to Settle with you at
that price, altho hia Clerk confidently (aaid he) aold the aame
ahot at Retail at ftorhl he will fthen) I am informed charge you
ia
intereat and commiaaion on thia Sum, thia * an Iriah trick,
equal to any Yanky tricR_ HoweveB you may be asaured I will
not settle any way with him so aa to injure you for I will not
finally settle until I have your Answer.
If I muat tell you the truth of thia buaineaa I do really thinlk
that McKeaadoea not mean to do the thing that ia Just If he can
^ help it and IBxpect nothing but he will have to be euro before
ths% money ia recovered, I left an order with Hall for
740 ^ of lead he had not wrote to me whether it waa Er^dy) and
sent on or not If you have not paid to that order you will inf=-
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[Transcript of letter from Thomas Wescott, January 21, 1806], letter, January 21, 1806; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth216108/m1/1/?q=%22United+States+-+Tennessee+-+Davidson+County+-+Nashville%22: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The Dolph Briscoe Center for American History.