Harvard University - Baker Library Historical Collections, Harvard Business School / Heard family. Heard family business records, Volume FP-4, Folder GQ-2-2, and Volume JP-2.
Mss:766 1754-1898. Baker Library Historical Collections, Harvard Business School.
101
b~e!1t
me to apend a month or 110 there and
drink
the
"'
ten.
So
the
three
of
U8
took: our two eefTantl (l)1d .ent. It'll'u a very quiet 11ttle place and
had
not then become celebrated. a.
it
cUd a
few
years later by
the
_
eror
m.k1ng
it
r ..Monable • • , hired a parlor and three bedrooms, belide
ttrQ
for our .,"ant •• and atlQ"ed there three ••eka . T'na table wa. very good.
'
l'b.ey gave"". a bQttle of vin ordlnalre to \;8.Ch person. and in fact , ...1
denled o\U'aelvu nothilJoi .hile
there .
1
fhen ..., callie to l eave ... were
8'
Ul'-
priGed at
the
mod.eratlon of
the
bill . I t
wall
only 17 fR<IICS a day
err
Ulall . It ... a
f'unny
place.
There waa
(
I.
lort
of readln& room to which I went one
i!al
to 3ubacdbe. 'l'he custodian
a&ked
me
.
here
I
ha.11ed
from. 1
replied
the
United State • • "Ahl
M
!
laid he,"Mon,leur 1. from
La
Il'o1lVell, orleans,"
"
Bo," I told
h~.
MI came from BOlton , - "Ab?" salol
he,
"
C'eat la
~e
chou," When
1
told
him
it
wall mohl
than •
th<nU!\lId 1ll11ee from
Ne"
Or–
le!\lll
he
W.I
~h
wurpriled. But the funnleet experience I had there -..
1
n gettin&
~oney .
I had taken down from Parie al
~h
al I
th~ught
I
Ihould want, and there were some pretty embr01der1el and "ood ca.rvin&1
there that I liked and. wanted. to bu,y, !\lid eo I thought I lhould need
rather more money than I had. I aaked the doctor where I thoul.d get it.
He pointed. out a Bort of grocery
~
the street and.
reco~nd.ed
me to
tIP-.
p l y there. So 1 sallied f orth to interview
I11iJ
gentleman. I .tated
m::t
wanta, ahowed
b.iIIl
mv letter of credit , and ,lked
it
he
would let me have
a thousand frane. . -Non , - came out very gruffly ,
-11:7
nott- laid I.
He .aid
he
did not kno.. IIIlI and therefo r e could not pay
8.1
J3
money, but he
pOinted out a \lort of ehop for t :lY1 and ..ood. carvln&1 down
the
Itreet ,
where he laid I Ill1ght be e.ecOll"lD"dated. 1 etrolled dotrll to IllY new friend. ,
and proffereli the same reque.t . Thie rroan _I rather more 01'1'11 than the
first , who _e a regular brute .
He
laid that
he
would wrHe to Nalley,
the
enefit
s
8
.
a
b
lt
'
ll'O
S8:rTa an "811t
'
II a8
a
a
ted s di
;
ye
.1
»
nparc
'
..
h1 l . 1'e
Sl'l
.
W
un-a
st~.
he
. _ .
at
,
I
\
lI
o
II
i
"
a c
ll
!
l
••
i
ur
n,g whil
W we o m
e
ur
h
i
11 '
II' 8 l l? {"'Dell
(
o 1.ll ..11
~'EJl
u
s a
t
/
li:
o
d y
i
8
a
_
hert
ile
I
~ ~
n1 ·Ucmlli
N uvel e OTh •• -
.
W -
o
t n,
l 1
id
Ke'ss
1
C l.
I
s IOOre
JI.UlIIl I I l .
'
ll
ane
" ••
= aurprhe<i
l
:
i:er
.-
a.
l
i g
m ~.
O'll t
i. s
e
o c t
.
'
II
.
'
IIo
.
t d
an
~
s
IIlO
)'
~d
"
h
l
,
t d
s
Q'
lip
.
ecO:L!llElnd.e
$1)
Ball
ie"
T
h
t d!lf;f
"
a t . 'll
hUIll1TJ
..
ire
f
'
llG
e
c
"
...
W'fq
.
Wl
Bai
i .
.
l
)
mO'll H
.
D
e
.
l
:
J'~
'
IIo
ill B .Ollll
.
"
h
Bai
mi
c t l O
s
my " t
d
d
a
h .
1
I8.B
B ci...
n
I!
,
" .
fl€U .
b
'
II(l
nc
