<'d in your letter of lßth Instant. Our traveller niade tlicir acquaiutancc last ycar whcn at Liverpool, and sold tliem a parcel of goods, to tlic valuc of L. 150, for which tliey paid casli. Thcy liave sevcral timcs sincc sent ns small Orders none of which cvcr cxcccded L. 120 , and ahvays paid j
regularly. From some cnquiries we madc hefore delivery on {
credit, we learned tliat tlicy were a young liousc, stood j
vcry respectahly, Lut were not supposed to he rieh, We 1
have had no scrupl<> in supplying tlieir wants liitherto, hat j
should hesitate at giving them credit to any considerahlc |
extent, say L. 5 or L. 600 , witliout farther information. In j
communicating diese particulars we rely on your discrction,
and remain , gentlemen , your most ohedient servants, ]
46. Erkundigung über mebrcre Häuser. ^
Gentlemen, f
The caution prescrihed hy die critical state of trade for j some months past, and die late lieavy failures in your city, j will wc trust excuse our trouhling you for Information con- f cerning the undermentioned houses, who , we nnderstand , i are all more or less connected witli die firm of HILBERS JAMES and Co., and deeply interested as creditors on their estatc.
Your early opinion respecting tliem will inucli ohligc yonr ohedient servants,
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47. Auskunft.
Gentlemen ,
We reglet the unfavorahle nature of the communication that we have to makc in rep ly to your enquiry. Of the four