[D9241ADH], Letter from Stephen Fossa Moriarty to Jesse Seligman, November 26th, 1892
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London, 26th Nov. 1892. Dear Sir, I enclose two points of the contract in the form in which I have executed it subject to ratification by the Board in New York. The contract is the result of unremitting labor by day and by [night?] of myself and my Solicitor, and of continuous [conferences?] with the other parties and their Solicitor, in the course of which every word and phrase in it has been scrutinised most closely on both sides and in the opinion of both legal advisers it is now in the proper form for the purpose in view. In sending it to you therefore, I want you to distinctly understand that the phraseology is such as is not open to revision. The contract shows what you get and what you give, and it is for you to say whether the bargain that I have made by virtue of what you give, what this document shows, and get what is therein expressed is satisfactory to you. The bargain is the only thing which is open to your ratification. I am satisfied from my knowledge of the gentlemen with whom the business has been done, that if any attempt is made to tinker with the phraseology they will not proceed with the business nor reopen it for discussion. It simply comes to this that it is a case of take it or leave it; and the reason I write this is because of the strong expressions made by the Solicitors of the other parties and also the concurrence of our own Solicitors, that this is absolutely the best that can be done here, and the phraseology is made according to their knowledge of the necessities of such expressions as one required by the English law. If after reading you will kindly cable me at once that you have ratified the contract, I will immediately cable the order and receive the money which is all subscribed and paid in, and everything is now simply waiting the ratification of the Board. I remain, Yours faithfully Jessie Seligman Esq.