Sympathizing With The Plight Of Fighting A Phila Thief In An 1843 Autograph Letter Signed By

by U S House Of Representatives From Kentucky Governor Of Kentucky

$300 · Offered by Bartleby's Books

4to. 3-pages, approximately 300 words, in part: “I was at a loss to know what you were about … you have a great set of the meanest sort of Rascals to encounter, not half as honorable and high-minded as the thief Weathers, who after stealing 10,000 of yours, handed back 7000 or thereabouts in the most graceful manner, acknowledging the con at the same time, like a Phila thief when he steals, does it as a matter of business, in the ordinary way and sets it down as a real transaction

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