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I received your letter of October 12th,2 requesting that I defer the collection of your note due October 15th, and enclosing me check dated November 1st for $101.25, being the amount of the note with interest to that date. The proposition was agreeable to me, and I did not send the note forward, but will deposit the check on November 1st and return you the October 15th note.3
Very truly yours,Correspondent: Swan Emerson Micheaux (1896–1975) was Oscar Micheaux's younger brother and served as secretary, treasurer, and booking manager of the Micheaux Film Corporation from 1920 to 1927. He was suspected of financial mismanagement and forced to resign in 1928.