The Prospect of Selling Some Land
Document 1804Stoddert is anxious to sell some of his lots in the city but is concerned about the prospect of selling at a price that reflects what he considers the appropriate value of the property.
No human transcription currently available for this document.
This transcription was generated by machine using Anthropic's Claude Code (a mix of sonnet and opus models). It may contain errors or inaccuracies. Please verify against the document image. Learn more about our generative AI methodology.
[Answd]
[Jany Dear....]
[right margin, rotated: 21 Feby / Stoddert]
Geo Town 21. Feby 1804.
D. Sir
I have a prospect of selling some land, which will remove from me the necessity of making the great sacrifice, I have been about to make, of my City Lots. If nothing has happd to make it improper, be so good as to send me the list of property, sent you, and the City map. — But if any thing has taken place to make it right in the opinion of any one person, that I should go on with the sale I proposed, I will do so with chearfulness. — I never shall forget the obligation you have conferred on me by your readiness to aid me. Had a sale even been made on the terms I stated the purchaser is worth [undecipherable] own money, and in a little time. I now [strikethrough: hold] keep my property until I can sell it for something like its value — or a [undecipherable: Coat], I [undecipherable] and [undecipherable] & [undecipherable].
I have the honor to be with great respect & esteem D. Sir yr Obliged & obed. St.
Ben Stoddert
Type
Autograph Letter Signed
Description
Stoddert is anxious to sell some of his lots in the city but is concerned about the prospect of selling at a price that reflects what he considers the appropriate value of the property.
Date
02/21/1804
Author
Recipient
Sent from
Georgetown
Document number
1804022190002
Page start
1
Notable persons
Jean Baptiste Duquesne
Benjamin Stoddert

