M[ordecai] M[anuel] Noah to J[esse] Hoyt, 14 April 1840
(Private)
N York
14 April 1840
Dear Hoyt
You will perceive that the enclosed is precisely the thing to make Capital with in the Slave States at the expense of Confidence & good faith How Mr Van Buren could have Committed himself So far is inexplicable to me Make what use of it you please but dont send it to the Whig Central Committee at Richmond
yrs very truly
M M Noah
[In Smith Thompson Van Buren's hand]
Letter to Noah in 1819
returned by him
through Hoyt