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Oct 4th 1936
Mr Mims Williams
Magee, Miss
Dear Sir:
I am writing you a confidential letter and ask you very kindly to read and give same your careful consideration. I was born at old Westville Jany 25th 1878 and my Father was the late W W Dampeer, who was a whole brother to my late aunt Chartie M Gaskill, whom I am sure you knew both quite well. I havent [sic] lived in Miss in several years and done office work all my life until 42 yrs old when I tried farming. Knowing nothing about it I lost $2500.00 cash in 1920-21 & 22 & you remember what 1920 was. Cotton went from 40 c to nothing. On top of that I stuck to farming & learnt to be a very good farmer & worked like a negro until 4 yrs ago when Dr advised me to stay out of field. My wife & I came to N.O. year ago last June & bought out a rooming house,
Object Description
| Rating | |
| Title | Letter from Homer Dampeer |
| Description | Letter from Homer S. Dampeer to Mims Williams, requesting a $20 loan. |
| Digital ID# | 20-130 |
| Physical ID | 20-130 |
| Object Type | Letter |
| Creator | Dampeer, Homer S. |
| Subject |
Loans. The De Soto Hotel (New Orleans, La.) Stratford Hotel (New Orleans, La.) Williams family. |
| Geographic location | New Orleans (La.) |
| Date (original) | 1936-10-04 |
| Time period | 1930-1939 |
| Original Collection | Williams (Daniel) Papers |
| Publisher | Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version). |
| Rights | Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required. |
| Format (original) |
22.9 x 15 cm. letter 3 pages |
| Format (digital) | 200 dpi JPEG image |
| Repository | Manuscripts Division, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University Libraries. |
| Location of Original | Williams (Daniel) Papers/Box 2/Folder 7 |
| Related materials | A digitization project sponsored by the Consortium for the History of Agricultural and Rural Mississippi (CHARM). |
| Language | en |
| Contact information | For more information send email to sp_coll@library.msstate.edu or call 662-325-7679. |
| facet format | correspondence |
| Transcript |
Oct 4th 1936
Mr Mims Williams
Magee, Miss
Dear Sir:
I am writing you a confidential letter and ask you very kindly to read and give same your careful consideration. I was born at old Westville Jany 25th 1878 and my Father was the late W W Dampeer, who was a whole brother to my late aunt Chartie M Gaskill, whom I am sure you knew both quite well. I havent [sic] lived in Miss in several years and done office work all my life until 42 yrs old when I tried farming. Knowing nothing about it I lost $2500.00 cash in 1920-21 & 22 & you remember what 1920 was. Cotton went from 40 c to nothing. On top of that I stuck to farming & learnt to be a very good farmer & worked like a negro until 4 yrs ago when Dr advised me to stay out of field. My wife & I came to N.O. year ago last June & bought out a rooming house,
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but overhead was so great could not make it without running a regular sporting house and we would not do it. Besides we were too good to people and let them beat us out of $125.00 and we finally went broke & lost every thing we had-we have a little money oweing [sic] us that we will get but dont [sic] know just when. Now Mr Williams you dont [sic] know me but for the sake of my dear old Father and Aunt Charatie I am calling on you to please take a chance and grant me a small personal loan of $20.00 and give me 6 months, |
| Collection Title | Daniel Williams family papers |
Description
| Digital ID# | 20-130-p01.jpg |
| Physical ID | 20- |
| Original Collection | Williams (Daniel) Papers |
| Publisher | Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version). |
| Rights | Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required. |
| Format (digital) | 200 dpi jpeg image |
| Repository | Manuscripts Division, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University Libraries. |
| Location of Original | Daniel Williams Papers/Folder 20 |
| Related materials | A digitization project sponsored by the Consortium for the History of Agricultural and Rural Mississippi (CHARM). |
| Language | en |
| Contact information | For more information send email to sp_coll@library.msstate.edu or call 662-325-7679. |
| Transcript | Oct 4th 1936 Mr Mims Williams Magee, Miss Dear Sir: I am writing you a confidential letter and ask you very kindly to read and give same your careful consideration. I was born at old Westville Jany 25th 1878 and my Father was the late W W Dampeer, who was a whole brother to my late aunt Chartie M Gaskill, whom I am sure you knew both quite well. I havent [sic] lived in Miss in several years and done office work all my life until 42 yrs old when I tried farming. Knowing nothing about it I lost $2500.00 cash in 1920-21 & 22 & you remember what 1920 was. Cotton went from 40 c to nothing. On top of that I stuck to farming & learnt to be a very good farmer & worked like a negro until 4 yrs ago when Dr advised me to stay out of field. My wife & I came to N.O. year ago last June & bought out a rooming house, |
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