1800s Bethel CT Letter to Hartford Treasurer Asking to Borrow $8000 on Farmland For Sale

This letter from Bethel is asking Nathaniel Goodwin to authorize borrowing money on prized farmland. It looks to be, perhaps, dated 1853. The recipient died in 1855, so it would’ve been no later than that.

Found amongst a cache of letters to/from Nathaniel GOODWIN (1782-1855), who was a genealogist, Probate Judge, and Treasurer of Hartford CT. He also published "Descendants of Thomas Olcott" (1845), "The Foote Family" (1849), and posthumously, “Genealogical Notes of Some of the First Settlers of Connecticut and Massachusetts," with a memoir (1856).

All ephemera shows wear commensurate to age, including, potentially, stains, worn corners, dings, fraying, scents, stray marks, rips, and other imperfections, etc. You get what you see.

Decent condition for age, but does have a definite scent.