Saint Genevieve May 3, 1809
Gentl [Bellows & Cochran]
in consequence of an Arrangement made and concluded by my
friend Seth Hunt on My account [with] Mr John G Bond Esq and
also a Copy of your letter to Mess. Hart Barton and Hart
Lexington—inclos'd to me by my friend Maj. Hunt— I have made
arrangements to carry the contemplated business into immediate execution
I have therefore this day Draw[n] on you in favor of Messr Hart
Barton and Hart for four thousand Which is the Amount I shallt
draw for at this time and in short untill the fate of my Draft are
know[n] I shall [not] Draw nor, do I expect to Draw a Dollar on
the Bills untill that information is recd-this Determination I have
taken for two reasons first because I can make the first Shipment
without the ade of the amount Drawn for secondly because the Bank
in Lexington will not discount Bills at 120 Days unless at a discount
of 2 1/2 pr Cent— therefore I have submitted to a delay rather than
to submit to a Discount my Draft are of two thousand Each,
Drawn @ 120 and 135, Days— I have this day Written Mr Bond on
this Subject and I trust common Interest will induce each party
concerned in this transaction to act with Honor and faithfully execute
the several engagements— assumed to each I have to complain of
great delay in receipt of my friend Hunts letters in consequence
of the mal arrangment of the Post office establishment in the quarter
its but a few days since I recd Maj Hunt letters did not reach me
until a day or Day past—
[Moses Austin.]