Figure 25. — The Physical Assets of a Tannery. Tools, beams, and vats, as il- 

 lustrated in Lalande's "Art du Tanneur." 



In short, as a correspondent was later informed, "when Mr. 

 C removed from here to the Neighbourhood of Harrisburg, he left 

 the remaining partner without any adequate means to pay the 

 heavy claims ag[ainst] the concern." -°^ By 1826, creditors began to 

 claim equipment from the tanyard at Hagley, and for all practical 



2"' Letter book, August 5, 1827, to F. Faring. 



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