Letter signed James Noble, St. Louis, to Nehemiah Noble, Bethel, Vt. At present we have few goods and sell little. The Legislature has passed the property or replevin law and now no debt can be collected except in loan office paper which sells special at one half. Mention of this depression and emigrants’ money. I shall in a short time receive advices from Vera Cruz and from the City of Mexico and cannot say how I may be affected by them. I have purchased a bounty tract. Regarding negotiations going on for redemption of some of my land in St. Charles County. The River has been frozen over for 6 or 8 weeks but we have had no sleighing. Our newspapers have become too stale to send on to you. Individuals mentioned: Paddock’s family and Clemens. Places mentioned: Philadelphia., 1822 Jan 17, Box: 1. Parker-Russell Family Papers, A1181. Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center.

Letter signed James Noble, St. Louis, to Nehemiah Noble, Bethel, Vt. At present we have few goods and sell little. The Legislature has passed the property or replevin law and now no debt can be collected except in loan office paper which sells special at one half. Mention of this depression and emigrants’ money. I shall in a short time receive advices from Vera Cruz and from the City of Mexico and cannot say how I may be affected by them. I have purchased a bounty tract. Regarding negotiations going on for redemption of some of my land in St. Charles County. The River has been frozen over for 6 or 8 weeks but we have had no sleighing. Our newspapers have become too stale to send on to you. Individuals mentioned: Paddock’s family and Clemens. Places mentioned: Philadelphia., 1822 Jan 17, Box: 1. Parker-Russell Family Papers, A1181. Missouri Historical Society Library and Research Center. https://mohistory.mobiusconsortium.org/repositories/2/archival_objects/51064 Accessed November 22, 2024.