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Title	Aaron Spell Nathan Letter, 1/6/1841
Description	6 January 1841 letter from A.M. Nathan to Aaron Spell acknowledging the receipt of 30 bales on the steamer Tchula, its poor quality and subsequent sale at a lower price, and discussing cotton prices.
Digital ID#	582-MSUMandivSpellnathanletter6Jan1841.pdf
Physical ID	582-33
Object Type	text
Creator	Nathan, A.M. (Asher M.)
Contributors	A digitization project sponsored by the Consortium for the History of Agricultural and Rural Mississippi (CHARM).
Subject	Cotton trade--Mississippi--Holmes County. Cotton trade--Louisiana--New Orleans. Steamboats. Tchula (Steamboat) Business records--Mississippi--Holmes County.
Geographic location	Lexington (Miss.)
Date (original)	1841-01-06
Date	January 6, 1841
Time period	1840-1849
Original Collection	Spell (Aaron) 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)	correspondence : 2 p.
Format (digital)	PDF
Provenance	Collection loaned for reproduction by James William Lundy via Al and Carolyn Evans.
Repository	Manuscripts Division, Special Collections Department, Mississippi State University Libraries.
Language	en
Contact information	For more information send email to sp_coll@library.msstate.edu or call 662-325-7679.
facet format	correspondence
Transcript	New Orleans 6 January 1841 Mr. Aaron Spell Livingston Miss., Dear Sir, I had this pleasure on the 25th of Dec'r last; since which time, I have received from Robson & Allen per steamer Tchula, 30 bales of your Cotton. On examination, the Cotton was leafy, stained & of a bad colour.- & I could get no offer till yesterday when I was glad to close the lot at eight cents per lb. The news from Europe is decidedly unfavorable, & I would again impress on your mind the advantage of immediate shipments for Cotton must experience a further decline before long. - I refer you to my letter of 25th Dec'r last, wherein I mentioned that as soon as I received a letter from you containing a list of the articles you may want for your plantation, I would forward them by the first opportunity. Good & fine qualities of Cotton sell now at 10Â¢ to 11Â½ Â¢ Fair @ 9Â½Â¢ Middling & fair @ 9Â½Â¢ Good Middling @ 8Â¢ Cotton generally ? @11Â½ Â¢ Very Respy. Yours, A.M. Nathan. [Pa
Collection Title	Aaron Spell papers

Aaron Spell Nathan Letter, 1/6/1841

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