John R. Thompson promises to build a "snug little chapel" for the enslaved community sold by the Maryland Jesuits, 1852
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A year before this letter, Thompson purchased 140 enslaved persons and Chatham plantation from Gov. Henry Johnson, the original buyer of the Jesuits' enslaved community in Maryland. In purchasing Johnson's property, Thompson assumed Johnson's outstanding debts to the Maryland Jesuits.
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New River P.C.
Claiborne Place April 9 1852
Dear Sir
I succeeded on the 3rd in making arrangements for the payment of Governor Johnsons two notes due on that day, and paid them accordingly. I need not repeat to you the reasons for inducing me to ask of you the extension of time; suffice it to say, they will still exist for a couple of years, and I now early renew my solicitations to defer the payments of the two following years for one year on each payment and hope you will think favorably of the request and at an early time give me the information, as I now stand my payments are one year in advance of my crops, and by granting the indulgence I ask of you, I shall be in advance of my payments, besides I wish now, that I have the whole property, to fulfil [sic] the promises of Gov. Johnson by erecting a snug little chapel for the negroes. Hoping to hear favorably from you in due season.
I remain Yr very obt servt,
John R. Thompson
J.R. Thompson's letter
Answered Ap 24
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