Belvidere, Ill
September 7th, 1856
Dear John,
Once more I take the pleasure of writing a few lines to you
in answer to yours of last week. I
received a letter from Robert George at the same time. He said that he hadn’t received any of my
letters, but I am sorry to say that I can’t get my money for him at
present. We had to pay $600 last week on
our engine and there is another note coming due the 20 of this month of
$400.60. If business hadent [sic] been
so good with us this month I don’t know what we would have done.
We have our sash doors and blinds machinery all a running
and is doing good business. We have let
to a man here in town for one threed [sic] of what they make.
I received a letter from Bird last week about that trade
between him and I for that watch. I am
going to write to him today about it.
I expect to come to Rockford before long. I would like to come next Sunday if it is
convenient for me to do so.
I have written home last week and told my father of my
circumstances and how I stood in regard to money matters as I suppose you told
him in your letter that you sent them when I was at Rockford. I did try to sell out my interest here week
before last, but Mr. White did not approve of it by no means. He said that he would by and by sell out with
me and go somewhere else to put up a shop ourselves. We have a lumber yard here now and so we sell
lumber very fast and so with everything we make it pay pretty well. My time all taken up now Sundays and all. I have not been to church for three weeks but
expect to go to the episcopal church before long. They are building one here now. We plained [sic] all the lumber for it.
Excuse haste. My
respects to Elizabeth and the children and except the same yourself.
Yours truly,
Edwin
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