Milwaukee
June 30, 1876
Dear John,
I have been here most all week and Frances has been to
Belvidere to see Jammie. I think now
that I wrote to you from Saginaw. I am
very tired although I feel better than I did for part of the week. Monday I overworked myself and got very warm
and did not think what I was doing and at night I was really afraid that I was
going to bed sick so I went to the train as soon as I could and went to the
factory and brought one of the men here to help me so that I got along somewhat
easier after that. He went home last
night.
I am going to stay until tomorrow noon. I have got an old eastern machine to ship
back and I am going to see to it. I took
it in part trade for mine, a large powerful machine it is too. I will rebuild it and make it over to my
machine. I think that I can make a good
thing out of it. I suppose that I shall
be up your way again soon with a faster running machine than any I ever have
made so that you will perhaps hear something about it in the papers. Also a letter from the party that I have just
put in a machine here for here in Milwaukee.
Frances is coming with me.
I don’t really know whether she intends to come and see you or not. I shall leave that with her and if she don’t
you will have to excuse her for she is not well at all and she may think that
she could not stand the ride from Glencoe to your place. But the expense would not be much for you
and Elizabeth to come there and I know you would enjoy it, but still we will see.
I am so busy that I don’t really know what to do first but still
I can’t do only so much anyway and there is one thing very certain. I must take care of myself and not do more
than I am able to stand and I am going to take warming in time.
I suppose that your crops are looking nicely now. I see that the prospects are good most
everywhere. I suppose you are in for
Tilden[1]. They say we are
to have plenty of money if we have him, but I am going for Hayes. Hooray for Hayes!
Give my love to all, hoping that this will find you all well
as this leaves me pretty well.
From yours affectionately,
Edwin
[1] Tilden ran against Rutherford Hayes for President in 1876.
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