<funder/> <respStmt> <resp>Creation of digital images:</resp> <name>Digital Library Services, Washington University in St. Louis, University Libraries</name> </respStmt> </titleStmt> <extent/> <publicationStmt> <publisher>Washington University in St. Louis, University Libraries</publisher> <pubPlace>St. Louis, Missouri</pubPlace> <idno type="dls">fre0482.1849.000</idno> <idno type="coll">fnb</idno> <availability><p>There are no known copyright restrictions on this item. You are free to use this item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use. Washington University Libraries does not assert copyright in reproduction scans of public domain materials made openly available on its websites. For more information on policies and procedures governing the use of materials, contact digital@wumail.wustl.edu.</p></availability> <date xml:id="digital">2010</date> <distributor>Washington University in St. Louis, University Libraries</distributor> <authority/> <address> <addrLine>One Brookings Drive,</addrLine> <addrLine>Campus Box 1061,</addrLine> <addrLine>St. Louis, MO 63130</addrLine> </address> </publicationStmt> <notesStmt> <note> </note> </notesStmt> <sourceDesc> <bibl> <author>Saint Louis Circuit Court</author> <title/> <extent>1 page</extent> <pubPlace>Saint Louis, Missouri</pubPlace> <publisher>Saint Louis Circuit Court</publisher> <date>1849-07-21</date> </bibl> </sourceDesc> </fileDesc> <encodingDesc> <projectDesc> <p>Prepared for the Washington University Digital Gateway.</p> </projectDesc> <editorialDecl n="4"> <p/> </editorialDecl> <classDecl> <taxonomy> <bibl> <title/> </bibl> </taxonomy> </classDecl> </encodingDesc> <profileDesc> <langUsage> <language ident="eng">English</language> </langUsage> <textClass> <keywords scheme="local"> <list> <item n="Topical"/> <item n="Topical"/> </list> </keywords> </textClass> </profileDesc> <revisionDesc> <change when="2012-09-28">GAL performed initial transcription and encoding</change> </revisionDesc> </teiHeader> <text> <body> <div1 rend="handwritten"> <div2 rend="horizontal"> <pb n="npn" facs="mhs_A1643_B62f4i0482_1.tiff"/> <p>Capt. Throgmarton.<lb/> Dear Sir,<lb/> Our old<lb/> servant Mary has taken a notion to<lb/> go to St. Louis to live after being with <lb/> us 15 years_ We feel obliged to re<lb/> -commend her as a faithful trustly<lb/> and competent_ She can be trusted in<lb/> any thing. If the authorities should re-<lb/> quire security for her good conduct<lb/> you will buy me under obligations<lb/> if you would <unclear unit="words" quantity="1"/> her_ I will be<lb/> rsponsible to you_</p> <p>We are all in usual health having<lb/> escaped through a kind Providence th cholera<lb/> Why cannot you let us see you on the<lb/> <unclear unit="words" quantity="2"/> it but as a passenger.<lb/> Please mention kind regards to your good<lb/> lady and <unclear unit="words" quantity="1"/> me truly.<lb/> you Friend + <unclear unit="words" quantity="2"/><lb/> <signed> Chs. W Daquu</signed></p> <closer>Fort <unclear unit="words" quantity="1"/><lb/> <date when="1849-07-21">July 21 1849.</date></closer> </div2> </div1> </body> </text> </TEI>