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Document 81313

JAY COOKE. Important ALS: "Jay Cooke", 2p, 8x10. Philadelphia, 1879 March 22. On "Jay Cooke & Co/Bankers,/Government Loan Agency" stationery to Barney. In part: "Yours rec'd I always was a 'Peace Maker' & suppose I shall be able to keep the peace between you and Blood -- I will see that you get n/e % Coms any how & try for the 5 per ct. The price put on...is 5000 in the settlement -- Now plan to attend at once to the following & try & have the documents here by 3d April - First - As the Lawrence deed is signed in 1869 by Wm R Lawrence atty for A A Lawrence & Mrs Lawrence by virtue of authority recorded in _____ County Kansas, where the lands are -- Mr. Lewis requires a certificate that such power was recorded there & a copy of it with the recorders (sic) attestation. Second Mr. Lewis requires searches to see whether there are any Mortgages of judgements (sic) against the Lands or in fact any impediment whatsoever to Blood & wife giving clean title. This certif. under proper county authority. Third Lewis requires tax receipts or certif from County Treasurer that all taxes are paid -- Get these papers & send them at once to me & I will pay actual cost in addition to yr fee. I know you will do this promptly...." At the time of this letter, JAY COOKE (1821-1905) was in the midst of recouping losses suffered in 1873 when his banking house financed the Northern Pacific Railroad. Problems in building this second transcontinental line forced Cooke to close his operation, sparking the financial panic of 1873. Cooke proved successful in making a second fortune by investing in mines in Utah and other investments in real estate out West, evidenced by this letter. AMOS ADAMS LAWRENCE (1814-1886) and WILLIAM RICHARDS LAWRENCE (1812-1885) were the sons of the prosperous Massachusetts textile manufacturer Amos Lawrence (1786-1852). Amos Adams Lawrence was one of the early colonizers of Kansas and instrumental in its development into a free state. In his own right, he was a successful textile manufacturer, banker and philanthropist and is credited with founding Lawrence University in Wisconsin and the college that became Kansas University. The town of Lawrence, Kansas is named in his honor. His brother William was a physician in Boston and was involved with helping orphan and destitute children there. File holes at blank left margin, erased pencil notes at upper left blank area.

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