Post, Amy Kirby. Letter to Charles Sears.
Rochester Mar 5 1845
Charles Sears
Dear Friend I have received from
thee a proposition to extend the time of [illegible]
Silver Hill of the lease to the Silver Hill Mining
Company for the purpose of further exploratio
ns [sic] on the so called Pettie farm [illegible] I have con
sidered [sic] the proposition with the best of my
knowledge, looking at the past – present
and the probable future, and in view
of our past unavailing labors, and our
present limited ability to furnish
the needed funds, leads me to the con
clusion [sic] more that it is best to let it drop with
the expuration [sic] of the Lease.
No one of the Co can feel the disappoint
ment [sic] more deeply than I do. you [sic] al [sic] know
in what shape it leaves me, but I will not
speak of myself, for we all engaged in the work
with good faith & hope, all laboring for the good of
the whole to the best of our ability therefore we
have no cause for censure or regrets, and nothing
to do now but to accept the situation, and consequ
ently [sic] to return to me the Mineral Deed
very truly your friend Amy Post