73

Petersburg Jany 20th 1822

Dear Sir

We have been waiting [at? wh? (with?)]
a great deal of patience for the money
you promised, we should have by the
25th of last month - you said
we should then have at least 2500 Dolls
we have only recd [100? 700?] Dolls - our
necessities are very great, and we have
to make [nice? new?] calculations and the bank
[disappointment?] very much [?]=
[?] operations. The debt agt Row
no doubt is fully settle'd by this time
that with the other collections you ^calculated to have
made would very much relieve us at this
juncture

With great respects-

Yr freinds & obd svts
Dunkin Henderson & Co

Thomas Ruffin esq.