Abraham Lincoln's secretaries . y One Hundred Shares ofit at a cost of $10,450. The little balance I beg you toaccept as a slight but sincere etc. Christmas andbirthday present. I owe you, in various wages toonumerous to mention, more than that — even so muchmore. The stock pays 7% that is to say $175 quarterly,beginning April next. It was bought at a bargain owingto the slump. My friends think it is worth a muchhigher price. You can cancel my note when you receive the shares and return it to me at your convenience, preferably not for two weeks — as I shall be here for that time. Yours sincere
Abraham Lincoln's secretaries . y One Hundred Shares ofit at a cost of $10,450. The little balance I beg you toaccept as a slight but sincere etc. Christmas andbirthday present. I owe you, in various wages toonumerous to mention, more than that — even so muchmore. The stock pays 7% that is to say $175 quarterly,beginning April next. It was bought at a bargain owingto the slump. My friends think it is worth a muchhigher price. You can cancel my note when you receive the shares and return it to me at your convenience, preferably not for two weeks — as I shall be here for that time. Yours sincerely John Hay On the same day that Colonel Hay wrote Miss Nicolay she sent a letter of acknowledgment to the Metropolitan Trust Company, and on the following day she wrote her financial advisor:Dear Colonel Hay: Yesterday came a communication from the Metro-politan Trust Co. of New York enclosing a certificatefor 100 shares of Preferred Stock of the ContinentalTobacco Co. with the request that I inform you of itssafe The BoysLif( ABRAHAMhlNCOLN Helen Nicola
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