^Lot 187 Theodore Dwight

American lawyer and journalist (1764-1846). ALS, one page both sides, 7.75 x 9.5, December 31, 1836. Letter to S. W. Pomeroy, Jr. concerning a long due debt. In part: “Frankness requires of me to say that I am disappointed at reading its contents…For more than a year past I have been out of business, almost entirely, & have been under the necessity of regulating my expenses with the strictness economy. Understanding that your father’s prospects had changed, & that he has been for some years in a state of prosperity, I felt myself justified, & I may add bound, to request the payment of the money advanced.” In very good condition, with intersecting folds, with tape repairs to several folds, one lightly touching signature, several pencil notations, and some light toning and soiling. Provenance: Heise, 1948, Collection of Henry E. Luhrs.