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M. W. Scott Esq Treas.
Dr Sir
Enclosed please find the 3 drfts Oct 8th ea for 1890 Dolls. Amt 5670, paye at 6, 9 & 12 mo being for stock allowed to me &c.
Also draft at sight Saml March: amt 669.76
Ocean Bank N. York J. Parker 40.24
710.00
which is for 2 blowers purchased for Empire State. Collected by Parker 669.76 of the amt Parker drew on Scrantons & Platt being for bill of wheat [unclear] supplied to them &c. I have not your letter before me but think you make the amt 712 dolls. I had the amt $710 & so made the bill. It cannot well be corrected now if it is $2 short.
I collected of Mr. Patchin [unclear] for one large blower & 2 small ones amt 542.79 (after deducting 1/2 % for drft) and remitted 517.25 to Kestuback [unclear] & Son retaining 5% commission which if not right for me to keep I will hand over to the office when I come to New York. There is due $650 yet from Ward for 2 blowers. I am writing to J. Parker & will arrange the stock matter with him so as to transfer it hereafter. I enclose my a/c [unclear] to you with rect attached & if approved please make certificates to me for the amt. I understand this amt was to come from the R Rd Co stock & the amts awarded to other gen partners to earn for S & P stock.
I shall esteem it a personal favour if you will give this matter you early attention.
Mr. Smith [unclear] commenced last Friday. I have & hope & trust he will make a valuable man.
We have employed Mr. Simpson also from Towanda. He is highly recommended. He cannot come for some 3 weeks yet.
I have just written to Mr. Sprague enclosing near $7000. I have several letters from Mr. Phelps but am too unwell to reply to them today.
I am very resp yours &c
Geo W. Scranton

Lackawanna & Western R Rd Co
To Geo W. Scranton Dr
For service rendered from 1846 to Jan 1851 procuring amendment to charter, real estate, subscription to stock, organization of company and superintending the construction of the said railroad $8000.00

Recd 1852 of the Lacka & Western Railroad Company One Hundred & Sixty Shares of the capital stock of sd Co at $50 per share amounting to Eight Thousand Dollars which is in full of the above bill.
Geo W. Scranton

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Title	Correspondence on financial matters, 1852
Identifier	georgewscrantonl0002scra_0267-0271
Description	Copypressed letter from the office of George W. Scranton.
Creator	Scranton, George W. (George Whitfield), 1811-1861
Contributors	Scott, M. W.
Geographic Location	Scranton (Pa.)
Date Created	1852-11-15
Decade	1850-1859
Type	Text
Language	eng
Rights	Public Domain (United States)
Subject	Letters Scranton family -- Records and correspondence Scranton, George W. (George Whitfield), 1811-1861 Lackawanna & Western Railroad Scrantons, Platt and Co.
Local Tags	digitized
Source	Lackawanna Historical Society (Scranton, Pa.) Scranton Family Papers Collection -- Bound Volumes George W. Scranton Letters -- Volume 2
Attribution Note	The Scranton Family Papers Collection is owned by the Lackawanna Historical Society. Transcriptions and collection information for the George W. Scranton Letters were prepared by the Martin Family.
Collection	Scranton Local History Collection Scranton Family Papers Collection
Format	application/pdf
Date Digitized	2015-10
Access Rights	Public
Rights URI	http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/
Transcript	M. W. Scott Esq Treas. Dr Sir Enclosed please find the 3 drfts Oct 8th ea for 1890 Dolls. Amt 5670, paye at 6, 9 & 12 mo being for stock allowed to me &c. Also draft at sight Saml March: amt 669.76 Ocean Bank N. York J. Parker 40.24 710.00 which is for 2 blowers purchased for Empire State. Collected by Parker 669.76 of the amt Parker drew on Scrantons & Platt being for bill of wheat [unclear] supplied to them &c. I have not your letter before me but think you make the amt 712 dolls. I had the amt $710 & so made the bill. It cannot well be corrected now if it is $2 short. I collected of Mr. Patchin [unclear] for one large blower & 2 small ones amt 542.79 (after deducting 1/2 % for drft) and remitted 517.25 to Kestuback [unclear] & Son retaining 5% commission which if not right for me to keep I will hand over to the office when I come to New York. There is due $650 yet from Ward for 2 blowers. I am writing to J. Parker & will arrange the stock matter with him so as to transfer it hereafter. I enclose my a/c [unclear] to you with rect attached & if approved please make certificates to me for the amt. I understand this amt was to come from the R Rd Co stock & the amts awarded to other gen partners to earn for S & P stock. I shall esteem it a personal favour if you will give this matter you early attention. Mr. Smith [unclear] commenced last Friday. I have & hope & trust he will make a valuable man. We have employed Mr. Simpson also from Towanda. He is highly recommended. He cannot come for some 3 weeks yet. I have just written to Mr. Sprague enclosing near $7000. I have several letters from Mr. Phelps but am too unwell to reply to them today. I am very resp yours &c Geo W. Scranton Lackawanna & Western R Rd Co To Geo W. Scranton Dr For service rendered from 1846 to Jan 1851 procuring amendment to charter, real estate, subscription to stock, organization of company and superintending the construction of the said railroad $8000.00 Recd 1852 of the Lacka & Western Railroad Company One Hundred & Sixty Shares of the capital stock of sd Co at $50 per share amounting to Eight Thousand Dollars which is in full of the above bill. Geo W. Scranton
Date Added	2017-03-22

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