To Charles E. Perkins
2 July 1881 • Branford, Conn. (MS: CtHMTH, UCCL 01981)
2 July 1881 • Branford, Conn. (MS: CtHMTH, UCCL 01981)
office of continental life insurance co., of hartford, conn.
hartford,
6/15
1881.
Samℓ L. Clemens Esq
Hartford, Ct—
_______
on the verso:
office of continental life insurance co., of hartford, conn.
we would respectfully urge upon you the propriety and necessity of paying the accrued
interest upon the notes given by you in adjustment of the premiums under your policy
in this company.
the company have not, during the past few years,—mostly years of depression and therefore
to many of difficulty,—pressed their policy-holders for the payment of their over-due
interest obligations. now that general prosperity has returned and continued, it is
but just that the company should require the payment of the interest due them.
it is an open question whether, in most cases, the neglect to make such payment does
not forfeit the policy, and there is no longer any reason why further neglect should
not work its legitimate result. certainly every policy-holder can see that the payment
by a part of the policy-holders and its neglect by the others is not equity. your
prompt attention to this matter will be to your benefit. we append a statement of
the arrears of interest expecting an early remittance.
very respectfully,
robert e. beecher, sec’y.
Branford July 2/81.
Mr. Perkins—
Dr Sir—
I thought that this ridiculous attempt at a swindle was given up, some 3 or 4 years ago. Didn’tⒶemendation you understand it so?
Yrs
S L C
Emendations and Textual Notes
Ⓐ
ago. Didn’t ●
~.— | ~
MS, CtHMTH.
MicroPUL , reel 2.
See Perkins Collection in Description of Provenanceclick to open link.