1/26/25 EC's ltr. to [
4427]:
322 Grafton Ave.,
Dayton, Ohio
Mr. [
4427]
..., Texas
My dear Mr. [
4427]
I have yours of the 19th and very glad to hear from you.
Now, in regard to the information you ask me, about someone
in New York who would be able to check up on this matter for
you, I will say, I have come in contact with some four or
five people who had been corresponding with people who claim
there were estates in lower Manhattan that had not been
settled up. As the usual thing, it is the lack of the
necessary information regarding the heirs of these people,
and I understand, from going into this with some others, that
there was a law passed in New York in 1907 setting aside all
claims to such estates and the State and City assuming all
responsibilities to such heirs. In that case, of course,
you'd know it would be almost fool hearted to go up against
such a proposition. However, if you will furnish me the
data, as you intimate you might be able to do, I shall be
glad to see what I can get and will say further that I can
put you in touch with one or two people whose veracity I can
vouch for, and who are in a position to get most any record
that was made since the Dutch first settled the country, or
since the town was New Amsterdam. I just returned from there
a few days ago, and my, I tell you it was awfully cold up
there, and lots of snow!
Now, I have something to ask you about. Sometime ago, I sent
Mr. McConnell some papers in reference to the tax returns for
the Cayce Petroleum Company [See [
3777] series]. He wrote
me, if I remember correctly, he had you look into this matter
for us and perhaps had written the people a letter.
Yesterday, I received a letter and some papers from the
Dallas office, stating there had been a failure to report for
twenty-four and twenty-five. Now, I am sure you and Mr. Mc
are acquainted with the correspondence regarding this and
know a great deal more about the laws governing such things
than I do, so I am sending you these papers, and will ask, if
you will please, to take the matter up with Mr. Mc and answer
these in the way that you see fit and proper. I'll certainly
appreciate it if you'll do this for me. Of course, I'm
writing Mr. Mc that I'm sending them to you.
Hoping that you will let me hear from you, and trusting that
I may be of some service, thanking you for looking after
this, I am sincerely
Your friend, Edgar Cayce
EC:GD


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