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Unknown writer. Letter to ? Griffin.

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Rochester March 30/67
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dear Mrs griffin I want to relate to you I think it is shame for me to go around lectureing to get money to keep the collard people when they get here and I think Mifs [? wilbur] was a very near sighted woman to have me go around lecturing when the people come and are willing to pay what I [?askt] 5 cts or 1 dollar for the sake of having help and they think it is  
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dear Mrs griffin I want to relate  
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[?no] more than right for me to [?have] it for they feel pleased of the idea of me trying to get them a place to earn for themselfs the people all know I am not doing it for my Benefiet or profit and they for Mrs [?Wilbur] to  
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to you I think it is shame for  
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[?think] that the copperhead [?think] that I am doing it for speculating
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me to go around lecturing to get  
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money to keep the collord people  
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when they get here and I think  
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Miss Wilber was a very near sighted  
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woman to have me go around lecturing  
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when the people come <s>think</s>
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and are willing to pay what I ask 5 cts  
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or 1 dollar for the sake of having help  
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and they think it is [no?] more  
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than right for me to have it  
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for they feel pleased of the idea  
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of me trying to get them a place  
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to earn for themselfs the people  
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all know I am not doing it for  
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my Benefiet or profit and they  
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for Mrs Wilber to think that  
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the copperheads [think?] that  
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I am doing it for speculating

Revision as of Oct 25, 2023, 9:28:59 PM

Rochester March 30/67 dear Mrs griffin I want to relate to you I think it is shame for me to go around lecturing to get money to keep the collord people when they get here and I think Miss Wilber was a very near sighted woman to have me go around lecturing when the people come think and are willing to pay what I ask 5 cts or 1 dollar for the sake of having help and they think it is [no?] more than right for me to have it for they feel pleased of the idea of me trying to get them a place to earn for themselfs the people all know I am not doing it for my Benefiet or profit and they for Mrs Wilber to think that the copperheads [think?] that I am doing it for speculating