Mr Huizinga Messchert Esq
                         Merchant
                         Philadelphia

From 10 Novm 1827
answ 20 March 1827
James Davidson
   Washington
   Col. Dist.

                                   Washington, Nov. 10th 1827
Mr Huizinga Messchert Esq

    Dear Sir,
          Your favor of the 8th rec'd.  I made your 
subscription to the Ches & Ohio Canal at the Farmer's and
Mechanic's Bank of george Town & will attend to your request
respecting future requisitions.
         Your note for $10 is ample and thankfully recd,
                I am respectfully
                      Your abl Seran
                      James Davidson

               Duplicate
On this day the Eight of January in
the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and twenty eight, before me John
Sabins, Notary public, residing in Amster
dam and in presence of the undersigned witnesses
personally appeared Madam Christina
Messchert Widow and Sole docutrix of
Mr Jacob van Oostermyk Bruynm, dwelling
in this city on the Hierengraacht near the
Conings plein.
Who hath made, constituted and appointed,
and by these presents doth make constitute
and appoint M. Mathews Huisinga
Messchert of Philadelphia, true and Camful
Attorney for her and on her behalf and quality
a foresaid, to subscribe the amount of two
shares of the capital or joint stock of the
Potomac Company to the capital stock of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Canal company on
the Books of said company, in the manner
provided by law, which said two shares of the
Potomac Company, being the same which
were, transferred and set over unto Jacob
van Oostermyk Bruyn of Amsterdam, by
Mathews Hauizinga Messchert, on the
twelfth of March in the year of our Lord
one thousand seven hundred and nintey three
                                      and

and recorded in the Books of the Potomac
Company, also to make the transfer of
said Shares and receive the certificatse
of the new Stock, and do all lawful acts requesite
for effecting the premises, with romer also an
Attorney or Attornies under him the said ?
Mathews Huizinga Messchert, for that
purpose to make and see substitute here by ratifying
and confirming all that her said Attorney or his
substitute or substitutes shall do therein by virtue
here of. In witness whereof the said constituent
hath signed sealed and acknowledged this act
and Deed, before me the said Notary and in the
presence of Coenrandran der Bortanlbysdirlling on the
Korte Prinseingracht Hand Johannes Petrus van Hanes
dwelling in the Noordetrat NY both within that
city, witnesses herein to required who have
also signed these present with some the said
Notarial seat to be here to affixed at Amsterdam,
the day and year first above written.

Witnesses:
  C. Vander VoormouthYps
J.P. Van Nianer               C. Messchert
                              3rd J.V.O. Bruyn Jr
                                 W. abing N.taney

  Office of the Chesapeake & Ohio Canal Company 

              Washington, Oct 3, 1828 

  Sir:
             You will perceive by the
National Intelligencer & other public papers
that several installments on the Stock of the 
Ches & Ohio Canal Company have been called
for, and that your Bank has been designated
among others to receive them. 
          I send you by this days mail, a
list of the stockholders and printed receipts
in blank - and I now enclose a copy
of the Bylaws of the Company which will
point out the mode of receiving and paying
the funds of the company. 
                   I am Sir 
                   your ???? ??? 
                   John P. Ingle Clerk 
                   Ches & O C Co 
To the Cashier of the Hagerstown Bank 

                              Free
                            C.F. Mercer 
                                M.G

   Cashr of the Branch Bank of the
         Bank of the United States
                   in
                 Baltimore
                     Maryland

             1829
       Richard ???? 2
         C.F. Mercer
           ???-??

                 Washington Octr 8th 1830
Dear Sirs
             Immediately upon the receipt
of your Letter I called Mr. Gadsby's Hotel
to see Mrs Weldon and found that she had         
been fortunately releived from the unplesant
situation in which she had been placed by the
arrival of her husband.  He is engaged as a
stone mason upon the Chesapeak & Ohio Canal
about 30 miles above this place & received a
per diem compensation of two Dollars.  He had
procured comfortable boarding for Mrs. W in this
City & had returned again to his duties.  Her
desire appears to be to procure some situation
for her husband in some of the Public Offices
& also to obtain some employment for herself.  She
would prefer the situations of teacher in some

females school, neither of which I am sorry to say
do I think there is much probability of obtaining.
There are no Clerkships vacant and besides
there are many hundred applications in antici-
pations.  There are already many XXXX more
Seminaries here for young Ladies than can be
well supported.  Mrs W. has already made appli-
cations at most of them to be engaged as an
assitant but without success.  Any assistance
I can afford her will be received with much 
pleasure.
                  Respectfully
                            Yours truly
                            Gilbert Rodman

John A. Fisher Esq
         Harrisburg

John A Fisher Esquire
       Attorney at Law
            Harrisburg pa

   W. P. Maulsby Esq
          President 
      Ches. & Ohio Canal
          Frederick City 
             Maryland

       Mr.s D James, ? Smith
           Cumberland
             Allegany Co.
                      Md

    Sam Hambleton
          Eason,
               Md