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States, but he came from Kinderhook, New York, which fact puts him in pretty
close geographical touch with General Hamilton, whose wife came from
Albany, and who himself spent a great deal of his time in that neighbor-
hood.

In order that you shall at least know this letter contains a
bona fide inquiry from one who has a real interest in the matter, I am
sending it to you through my old and valued friend, Mr. George Grinnell
Milne, of Messrs. Chaplin, Milne, Grenfell & Co. Limited, of London, who
with me served an apprenticeship in the banking house of Messrs. Morton,
Rose & Co. in London, very many years ago.

Should the inquiry put you to any expense, I beg to assure you
that it will give me great pleasure to remit therefor on hearing from you.

Very sincerely yours,

Stuyvesant Fish.

[ST: Mr. Fish was extremely displeased
when J. B. wrote to him to say that the
Company of the Marjolaine was pure
fiction