Loan agreement for $2750.00 between John Berry Meachum and Henry Shaw, 1 February 1839

Henry Shaw, and John Berry Meachum. 1839. “Loan Agreement for $2750.00 Between John Berry Meachum and Henry Shaw, 1 February 1839”. Missouri Botanical Garden, WashU & Slavery, accessed February 11, 2026, https://digitalexhibits.library.wustl.edu/s/washu-slavery/item/59465

Title: Loan agreement for $2750.00 between John Berry Meachum and Henry Shaw, 1 February 1839
Description: Loan agreement for $2750.00 between John Berry Meachum and Henry Shaw, 1 February 1839 with interest. Describes that Shaw received interest of fifteen months in the back.
Creator: Henry Shaw; John Berry Meachum
Contributor: Betty Lee
Date: February 1, 1839
Transcription: 2750 dollars - Saint-Louis Feb 1st - 1839
Fifteen months after date J. [prounce] to pay Henry Shaw or order five thousand seven hundred and fifty dollars with interest from date payable semi-annually at the rate of ten per cent [illegible] --value received
J.B. Meachum

May 1st 184_ - Received fifteen months interest to this date -- Henry Shaw
Place: St. Louis
Publisher: Missouri Botanical Garden
Source: Missouri Botanical Garden Archives; https://www.mobot.org/mobot/archives/image.asp?filename=PHO2024-0004.tif&returnto=/mobot/archives/results.asp
Rights: ©2017 Missouri Botanical Garden
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Identifier: PHO 2024-0004
Language: English
Rights Holder: ©2017 Missouri Botanical Garden
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Mentioned Person: John Berry Meachum

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