[Letter], 1832 July 13, Troy, N.Y., [to] John Townsend, Albany, N.Y.

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[Letter], 1832 July 13, Troy, N.Y., [to] John Townsend, Albany, N.Y.

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Burden notes that "the cholera is assuming a milder aspect" due to the "indefatigable extertions you have bestowed in preventing its spread by cleansing your city." Most of the letter is devoted to Burden's problems with workers at his nail and iron foundries.

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Townsend, Jo.

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Albany, New York, businessman. From the description of John Townsend papers, 1836-1851. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419944 ...

Burden, Henry, 1791-1871

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Henry Burden was born in Dunblane, Scotland, on April 22, 1791, and a talent for inventing led him to the University of Edinburgh, where he studied drawing; though he did not receive a degree, he later became quite successful. In 1819, he emigrated to the United States, and worked with the agricultural manufacturer Townsend & Corning in Albany, New York, until 1822, when he and his wife, Helen McOuat, moved to Troy, New York. In Troy, he joined the Troy Iron and Nail Factory, and quickly ros...