Finding Aid for the Elijah Embree Letter, 1834 June 7
MS-2355University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
Encoded by: Elizabeth Dunham, July 6, 2006.
Summary Information
Elijah Embree Letter
Date/Date Range : 1834 June 7
0.1 linear feet
Abstract: This collection contains a single letter written by Elijah Embree, 7 June 1834. He writes to Capt. E. West, discussing plans regarding his iron business.
MS-2355
University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN
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The Special Collections Library purchased this letter in June of 2002.
Collection is open for research.
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[Identification of Item], Elijah Embree Letter, MS-2355. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.
Arrangement
Collection consists of a single folder.
Biography / History
Elijah Embree was born in 1784. Throughout his life, he worked in the iron industry in East Tennessee. Together with his brother, Elihu, he helped publish The Emancipator, a weekly newspaper devoted to the abolition of slavery, from April to October of 1820. He died in 1846.
Collection Scope and Content Note
This collection contains a single letter written by Elijah Embree, 7 June 1834. He writes to Capt. E. West, discussing plans regarding his iron business. In addition, he complains of a scarcity of money "in consequence of having to give cash for both corn & bacon," making it harder for him to come up with money for the business.
Subject Terms
- Embree, Elijah, 1784-1846.
- Iron industry and trade -- Tennessee.
Contents List
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Letter from Elijah Embree to Capt. E. West regarding the iron industry, 1834 June 7 Scope Note: Transcription of Letter:
Thomasville, 7 June 1834
Capt. E. West,
Dr Sir,
Yours by Mr. Greenway has arrived. I am going to Jonesborough today and if I can raise $15,000 will send it to you in the morning but I don't know that I can raise it that soon. I will have to either stare myself or find a man to Blacks Rolling Mill in South Carolina in the morning. Mr. Smotherman I find does not understand building an air furnace for melting potmetal and my opperations [sic] will be almost stopped until I get the necessary information. I expect to send Mr. Irwin to haul for you on Monday. I know of no person that can fill your place at the furnace. If a good manager can be had I don't wish to confine you at it against your will, tho [sic] I believe you will do better than any uninitiated man that we can get.
Boyd has run out a little for me which makes excellent (?) iron.
The scarcity of money with me is partly in consequence of having to give cash for both corn & bacon. I am doubtfull [sic] I cannot get grain enough to feed my teams until harvest even for cash.
Your friend,
Elijah Embree
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