Drexel. Morgan & Company Files Suit For Collection Of A Note In Default

Manuscript Document Signed, “J. Pierpont Morgan.” Three pages, 7 5/8” x 11 1/2”. “Superior Court City of New York.” August 20, 1873. This document reads, in part: “…The plaintiffs are copartners doing business in the City of New York under the firm name and style of Drexel, Morgan & Company and that the defendants were at the time herein after mentioned co-partners doing business in the City of New York under the form and name and style of Hass & Co. That on our about September 3 1872, the defendants by their form name of J. Hass & Co. made and delivered their certain promissory note in writing- having date of that day, wherein and whereby, on demand, they promised to pay to Jacob Keller on order, Seventy two dollars U.S. Gold Coin, for value received. That thereafter and before the maturity of said note, the said- Jacob Keller endorsed and delivered the same, and the plaintiffs became and were and now are the owners and holder thereof. That on or about August 19, 1873, the said note was duly presented for payment and payment thereof demanded, and the same was not paid, and the said note was thereupon duly protected for such nonpayment. That the costs of such protests was one dollar and nineteen cents. That no part of the said note and the said cost of protest has been paid and the whole amount thereof with interest thereon from August 19, 1873 is and remains due and owing to the plaintiffs thereupon the plaintiff demand judgment against the defendants for seventy two dollars in Gold Coin of the United States with interest thereon from August 19, 1873 and also for the said $119 and the costs of their action. Tracy, Olmstead & tract Ptff’s Attys 50 Wall St. New York. City of New York U.S. John Pierpont Morgan being sworn says that he is one of the above plaintiffs and that the foregoing complaint is true to deponents knowledge, except as to those matter stated on information and belief and as to those matters he believe it to be true. Sworn before me this 20 day of August 1873 Alfred Taylor Notary Public N.Y. County. J. Pierpont Morgan.” It is interesting that all plaintiffs are named individually as follows; Joseph W. Drexel, John Pierpont Morgan, Francis A. Drexel, Anthony J. Drexel, John N. Robinson and James H. Wright. Collectively they are listed as Drexel, Morgan and Company in the filing. At the conclusion of page 3, the document is signed by J. Pierpont Morgan.