The Havana Ice House Controversy Or Facts Versus Falsehood In Regard To Transactions Between Frederic Tudor And John W Damon PDF Download

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1846 edition. Excerpt: ... being the whole fruit of the three days' consultation, during which they had probably come to the conclusion that nothing could be gained, either by commencing anew the February game, or by attempting to play some new one, devised by the fertile genius of my partner; "instructions" for which had, perhaps, accompanied this supply of ice. The day after this communication, I wrote to my Boston friend, giving him an account of the occurrence, and saying: "This cargo will probably carry us until we shall be able to get through with the arbitration: or at any rate, it will carry us so far, that it may now be considered unnecessary for you to keep a cargo in waiting. It will be best, therefore, to dismiss the ice you have in attendance, on the receipt of this, unless you shall be convinced from Mr. Tudor's conduct in Boston, that he is not going to send any more here." On the 27th July, I wrote to Mr. Tudor, apprizing him of the decease of Mr. Bacon the day previous. After stating in detail the position in which the matter stood, as it regarded Mr. Tudor's four fifths of the proceeds, under the provisional agreement of February, which (having been presented in Court by Mr. Bacon, and made a judicial record of) precluded me from transmitting them to Mr. Tudor until he should have taken steps to set that document aside, --I conclude by saying: "The amount is rising $;which sum, together with any other which may come into my hands, I must hold for your further disposition." 10.--July to Dec. 1837.--Mr. Tudor's Determination "to Drop Law as he would a Hot Iron."--His Letter of July 8, 1837.--My Replies August 23,25, and 28, and September 1.--His Letters of September 22, and October 6.--My Reply, October 21.--His Letter of October 12.--My...