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Willis, Henry. Letter to Isaac Post.
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Esteemed Friend | Esteemed Friend | ||
| − | + | Isaac Post | |
| − | I am much in want of a | + | I am much in want of a |
| + | Common 2 Horse Side hill plow & presuming the have | ||
| + | them for Sale in Rochester will thee please to have | ||
| + | one with 2 or 3 extra points shipt to me at thy earliest | ||
| + | convenience have it Marked H. Willis Battle Creek Mich | ||
| + | on Recipt of thy answer giving me the price I will Remit | ||
| + | to the [illegible] for same & he under many obligations to thee | ||
| + | for thy attention I know of no place in this state where | ||
| + | the are Kept. we are now on our Farm near BattleCreek | ||
| + | I wish to use a Sidehill plow Phebe & I hope to have | ||
| + | a visit from thee and Amy which I should be greatly | ||
| + | obliged for .. I to day got a Telegraph Dispatch from | ||
| + | J S Griffin notifying me that 50 Colored men were | ||
| + | on the way to B–C from Washington Johnsons policy | ||
| + | is Driving those poor Cretures north to [battle?] our | ||
| + | Cold Winters what a pity the [illegible] hand did not | ||
| + | dispatch that miserable wretch traitor.. Phebe is | ||
| + | [illegible] since her Return She joins me in Thanks to you | ||
| + | all for the Many kindnesses rec'ed from you & hope | ||
| + | we may be able to return the Same | ||
| + | Thoue Truly <u>H Willis | ||
Revision as of Oct 11, 2023, 2:57:20 PM
Battle Creek Sept. 20th/66 Esteemed Friend Isaac Post I am much in want of a Common 2 Horse Side hill plow & presuming the have them for Sale in Rochester will thee please to have one with 2 or 3 extra points shipt to me at thy earliest convenience have it Marked H. Willis Battle Creek Mich on Recipt of thy answer giving me the price I will Remit to the [illegible] for same & he under many obligations to thee for thy attention I know of no place in this state where the are Kept. we are now on our Farm near BattleCreek I wish to use a Sidehill plow Phebe & I hope to have a visit from thee and Amy which I should be greatly obliged for .. I to day got a Telegraph Dispatch from J S Griffin notifying me that 50 Colored men were on the way to B–C from Washington Johnsons policy is Driving those poor Cretures north to [battle?] our Cold Winters what a pity the [illegible] hand did not dispatch that miserable wretch traitor.. Phebe is [illegible] since her Return She joins me in Thanks to you all for the Many kindnesses rec'ed from you & hope we may be able to return the Same Thoue Truly H Willis