Business Letters
Subject
Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
Found in 16 Collections and/or Records:
Letter from David Cowley to Artemas Pitcairn, 1877-08-27
Item
Identifier: Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents
Handwritten letter from David Cowley in E. Pittsburgh, PA to Artemas Pitcairn. Profile of a woman’s face pressed into upper lefthand corner.
Contents:
-letter of Aug 22nd received
-no $ available; must renew loan from John Pitcairn, Jr.
-$700 note enclosed, representing one year & one day of 8% interest on loan
Names mentioned: John Pitcairn, Jr.
Dates:
1877-08-27
Letter from David Cowley to Artemas Pitcairn, 1877-12-21
Item
Identifier: Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents
Handwritten letter from David Cowley in San Francisco, CA to Artemas Pitcairn.
Contents:
-Cowley in San Francisco on business longer than expected; will depart for Pittsburgh on Dec. 23rd
-requests renewal of January loan from John Pitcairn for another year
Names mentioned: Jno. Pitcairn (John Pitcairn, Jr.)
Places mentioned: Pitts’g
Dates:
1877-12-21
Letter from Frank Ballou to John Pitcairn, 1877-12-20
Item
Identifier: Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents
Handwritten letter from Frank Ballou in Georgetown, Colorado, to John Pitcairn, Jr. Handwriting difficult to decipher in places. Contents:
-Pitcairn’s letter of Dec. 11th received
-Pitcairn getting out of business with V. P. & Co. is good thing; will free mind to enjoy travel
-Ballou hopes to depart for trip East on the 5th proximo (Jan. 5th)
-Pelican Mining Co. is attempting to sell Pelican Mill for $40,000; if sold, Ballou will have to give up Mill at 60 days...
Dates:
1877-12-20
Letter from John H. Gillespy to Artemas Pitcairn, 1878-12-26
Item
Identifier: Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents
Handwritten letter from John H. Gillespy in Georgetown, Colorado to Artemas Pitcairn in Oil City, Pennsylvania. 1 page. Washington Mill and Silver Plume Mill letterhead.Transcription: “Dear Sir,
Mr. John Pitcairn Jr. has advised me that you would forward to me, twenty five thousand dollars ($25,000). As instructed by him- please send care of Franklin Ballou, Georgetown, Colorado. And oblige,
Yours very truly,
John H. Gillespy.”Names mentioned: John Pitcairn Jr.,...
Dates:
1878-12-26
Letter from Walter C. Childs to John Pitcairn, 1878-01-07
Item
Identifier: Sub-Series 1
Scope and Contents
Handwritten letter from Walter C. Childs in Pittsburgh, PA to John Pitcairn, Jr. 1 page, double-sided. Handwriting difficult to decipher in places. Contents:
-letter from Queenstown received; heard of arrival at Richmond on 24th and “drunk accordingly to the absent saints”
-Childs writing long letter to Bishop
-letter enclosed from Pendleton; will make Pitcairn feel $100 was well placed
-during lively times in society, marked (?) by Hartman’s rambunctiousness about the robes,...
Dates:
1878-01-07
Theodore Pitcairn Family Papers
Fonds — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Mss.005.089
Scope and Contents
The Theodore Pitcairn Family Papers are housed in two locations. The section of the collections that is housed at Swedenborg Library ranges in time from about 1910 to 2000. The collection includes correspondence to and from Theodore as well as his wife and some of his children from various periods in his life. There are even some examples of his schoolwork as a boy and a young man. There is a small amount of material relating to business interests as well as some material relating to the...
Dates:
1897-2008