Beloit
June 5, 1859
Dear John,
I have delayed writing to you on account of not being able
to get you some money. It is utterly impossible
for me to get any at present. I am very,
very sorry to say it. Francis said
yesterday that if she had a dollar in the world she would send it to you.
I went to Mr. Hutchinson to trade last night and he asked me
if I had heard from you. I told him that
I had not and that I hadn’t written to you yet because I was expecting to have
some money to send you. He said he was
coming to your place the last of this month or the beginning of the next. I shall endeavor to sending something by him
to you.
I sold 32 sets of cottage bedsteads for $35 last week, but I
don’t get any pay until the latter end of July.
I have worked for the reaper company some little time now and have not
had any pay but $6 since I commenced. I believe I told you in my last how I worked
for them. I take a reaper for pay and
will sell it this harvest. I suppose
that I shall have to wait some little time for the pay. It may be possible that by that time I can do
something for you before long.
I have taken my reaper in hand again and have made considerable
improvements on it. I showed it to two
men; they are very confident that it will work better than anything else there
is now in use. It is not only the simplicity
of the thing but the less power and motion in the sickle. I haven’t the space to explain it to you at present,
but will some other time. If I can get the
money this fall I will send for a patent for it.
Yours truly,
Edwin
Hattie had been cutting teeth but she is as fat as ever and
calls out “dad, dad” about two thirds of the time. She sends her little cousins some
kisses. o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o o
I am going to try and trade some furniture to have our
likenesses taken. If I can I shall send
you some of them.
Edwin
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