Scope and Contents:
This collection contains the correspondence of Benjamin P. Hinch of New Haven, Ill. A letter from J. T. Lusk discusses the possibility of a trial in order to collect money from a debtor, while a letter from Charles Slocomb is concerned with the possibility of opening a competing mercantile business. There is also a letter from Hinch to his wife in which he informs her of local events in New Haven.
Wilbur Duncan of Decatur, Ill., donated these letters to the Library.