NAWSA GENERAL CORESPONDENCE COLLINS, J.A.

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Mr B. [????] Es[?]
Amhurst College
Amhurst
Mass

[*Collins*]

J.A. Collins
To U. B. Stone
1839

[*1839*]

Boston April 9/39

Dear Friend: 
Yours of the 5th is now before 
me, & am very happy to learn of your 
interest for the poor slave.   As to the premium 
for subscriptions on the "Cradle", I have simply 
to say, that the subscription price is put down 
at the cost of paper & printing. The reason why we 
make a difference in the price, between single 
subscribers &  those [that] who take 10 or 20 copies 
is [to] simply this: - If we have a bundle of papers 
directed to one individual, from 10 to 100 in number, 
&  as we have only his name upon the books 
it is no more trouble to send all those off than to 
send one copy by mail. So you will perceive that 
we should be under the necessity of employing a 
Book-keeper at an expense of 8 or 10.00 per ann.
should every subscriber pay 75 cts. per paper, which is no better

to us than 50 cts by the 20 or 100 copies. Yet we are 
so anxious to have this paper circulated from one 
end of the state to the other, that we are willing to 
make personal sacrifices to spread it like the 
leaves of the forest.

Had I time and health, I am confident I could get 
from 50 to 100 subscribers daily.

I will on my own personal responsibility offer you 
10 cts for every [copy] subscriber of the "Cradle” procured with the 
money in advance in all cases. over 10 copies to be directed
to one individual. You need not send the names 
of the subscribers when they are to go in Bundles, but
only the name of the individual to whom the papers 
are to be directed.

I am authorized to say that 50 cts will be paid for each
Liberator when the money is paid in advance

Let us hear from you soon.

Respectfully yours for the [d?]

J.A. Collins

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