Dedham, Mass
June 2, 1855
Mr. Benjamin
Dear Sir,
I received your letter of the 28th and feel much
pleased with the manner in which you are getting along. The prospect seems to be good. I hope it may continue so and that we all may
do better than in Dedham, of which I think there is not much doubt. I am hurrying up my cakes as your wife says,
with all the dispatch possible. I am
anxious to be there to work helping you as you are to have me and shall be
there as soon as possible, and in the meantime I will do all I can here.
I shall try to get all the ___ work patterns we have here
before I start from Woods. If we have a
good jigsaw I will undertake to saw what you will want as good as Woods does
with a very little practice, and it will come much cheaper than to buy here, but
I will ask Baker sometime to supply us and at what price per post and let me
know. They will send the goods next week – all that they can get ready. The
reason they have not sent them before is they needed desks finished. I will try to get you some of these
newspapers __ ____ and send in the same letter.
The fall work is just the same but the shelves are of a different
pattern. There is but two new
patterns. I will send one of each if I
can get them, but I think there is none finished. I think you will find it explained in my last
letter why Mr. ___ charged 75 cents more.
You will find by the bill sent you that he discounted five percent as
___ he sold in six months. He told me
that he did not discount any to you on the ___ ___. The cane seat rockers he said were hard to
get boxed and he sold them at the same figure he bought them. He had not any on hand himself. I will see him this week about those others
and will have them sent right off. I did
not know the prices and therefore could not judge will the oak office sell or
are they too high priced. Tim will see
that the bill is receipted, credited the same to me. I would pay this bill if I were able, but
having to rely on my own resources I am pretty well ____ now. Getting ___ costs money especially with such
folks as I have to deal with, but of that say not a word.
I shall be off soon.
If there is any pattern you want me to get, just say so. Do you want any ___ exterior table legs? I might send a set black walnut, perhaps I
will. I feel dreadful fidgety here. I want to get away but can’t just yet. Jessie says he will box your goods up in
first rate style so that they will go safe.
Can’t you put up a jigsaw? I
think one would be very useful. I have
had some practice here and I can saw tolerably well. I shall expect a letter from you in a few
days in answer to my last. By that time
I shall have seen the chairs and other goods off and will write again.
Jim Willes got his hands badly cut on the OG machine, but is
much better now. Everything goes on as
usual in the shop. They all enquire
after you and seem glad to hear that you have a prospect of doing well. There seems to be but a poor prospect here
for the summer. Baker talks about not
opening the mill but about half the time and the hands begin to grumble about
it. The make 8 dollars a week and only half work won’t pay. We can get as many hands as we may want
here if we can only find a place for the ___ line. If you can keep that “don’t care a darn” disposition
of Conders in check, he may make a good hand, but he was not worth much here.
___ received a letter
from Mrs. Benjamin and will write as soon as she can find time. She is very busy now. She wishes to be remembered to you all. Remember me to Mrs. Benjamin and Bird and Mr.
Bird and you will please accept the same from yours truly,
George W. Macbeth
PS – Your pen and ink is as bad as mine. I can hardly read
your first page it is so faded, and mine I expect will be the same. I can’t afford to get any more just now. Please write soon.
G.W.M.
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