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Gustavus Risberg wrote from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Susan Kean in Elizabethtown, New Jersey. This letter has two different dates. On August 10, 1798, Gisberg informed Susan that Mr. G. Willing paid the last quarter’s rent and he enclosed a draft of a remittance for one hundred and ninety dollars. Willing decided to postpone the papering of Susan’s home until the fall. Painting was completed for thirty-two dollars. Nothing had been done regarding Susan’s claim against Mr. Meade regarding the waterway. Mentioned that the profits of the North American Insurance Company were inconsiderable and no dividend could be made as a result.

On August 31, 1798, Risberg wrote that Mr. Willing’s promise of payment of the one hundred and ninety dollars was delayed and was now enclosed. Yellow Fever had broken out in Philadelphia and citizens removed from the city as a result. Their Compting House was located at the upper end of Market and Eleventh Street and no one was entering the city. Hoped Susan would delay her visit to New York because Yellow Fever was more malignant compared to the 1793 outbreak and extended into most of the Seaport Towns in the United States.

Author/Creator

Gustavus Risberg

Recipient

Susan Kean, formerly Susan Livingston, and later Susan Ursin Niemcewicz (1759-1833)

Creation Date

08-10-1798

Creation Date

8-10-1798

Document Type

Manuscript

Location

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Collection

Liberty Hall Collection, 1711-1847 (bulk 1790-1830)

Inventory Location

Bay 1, Column 1, LHC Series 2

Rights

This collection is open to the public for research use. Copyright remains with Kean University. Credit this material. Personal photographs may be made for research purposes. Inquiries regarding publishing material from the collection should be directed to Lynette Zimmerman, Executive Director at the Liberty Hall Academic Center & Exhibition Hall at lzimmerm@kean.edu.

Publishing Repository

Special Collections Research Library and Archive, Kean University

Gustavus Risberg to Susan Kean, August 10, 1798

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