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A handwritten promissory note of April 1821

Notes we have bought

Seven notes, $2,602,814 in balances, each one funded. This page is the public record of our completed transactions.

Sellers were paid at closing.

New owners continue to run the businesses.

Kinds of business

Archival photographs of the kinds of business behind notes like these. None of them is a business in the ledger.

A fishmonger in a white coat holds a fish over his scales while a customer points at trays of shrimp, oysters and smelts.
A fish stall in New York City, January 1943. Marjory Collins, Library of Congress.
A soda jerk in a paper cap and bow tie tosses a shaker and a bottle over the counter of a soda fountain.
A soda jerk flipping ice cream into malted milk shakes, Corpus Christi, Texas, 1939. Russell Lee, Library of Congress.
A hill street in a small Vermont town, parked cars along the kerb, a church spire ahead and a shop awning on the right.
The main street in Springfield, Vermont, 1941. Jack Delano, Library of Congress.

The notes, by month

Funded from November 2025 to August 2026, newest first. Each row gives the business, its state and the balance we bought.

August 2026Insurance agency book of businessSouth Carolina$324,800
Landscaping serviceAlabama$795,356
Pizza restaurantFlorida$354,303
April 2026DaycareSouth Dakota$523,678
Seafood restaurantFlorida$100,000
March 2026Italian ice franchisePennsylvania$250,000
November 2025Event rentalsNorth Carolina$254,677

Pictures: Promissory note, Jacob ? to Caleb Bates, 1821-04-16, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; Marjory Collins, Fish stall, New York City, January 1943, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; Russell Lee, Soda jerker flipping ice cream into malted milk shakes, Corpus Christi, Texas, February 1939, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons; Jack Delano, The main street in Springfield, Vermont, 1941, public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.

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