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.
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h1m,
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n
right. , and ant to d-.ep with. clear
con,cleoce .
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:
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with
to
f:r1~t.n
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IU'Id part17 becaua. I did not beUeve
h1m cu1lty , on11 u.n!ortunate .
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t~t
ht
hall.
".
l.t.l:..ln,c
of 0= bills £63, 500. or at. tM Ill-change of
the
d.at ,
$361 , 500 .
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he
had a right to have n:..nni1'l6:. by our Wldentandlnc;. rather
h .. tban $30 , OOCli
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he
hAd .baorbed for
hi.
own "enefit.
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h1m
oi:he
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tatement "f
it,
and found that
it
had. been .\Jut Into
all avl"t.s of atra. loana and a..-eculaUonl . It ..aa difficult to
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how
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OWL
.
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he
.
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he
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t
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be £ruI:h IlIOn than t.llat.
it
turned out eveD.tWlll¥••hen
everythil"l4l: Md been nallzed , to be el:out $245 . 000
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que.tion I had to decUe
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hat
coura. to pursue. T1ro only
.
eTS open to me . One, and
tr.e
prvper one , .... to .hut him
up.t
onee, the
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