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Bean family letters, 1868-1898
1868-10-17 Page 02
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you had a great amount of work to do and I knew it used to be all you could do to find time to write John his share, so I did not expect many letters untill the work which every fall brings with it was over. As for the apples Jimmie Oliver took them to the depot, the freight agent would not take them and he sent them by express. I went down as quick as legs could walk and found things in a perplexing shape the agent was confused about new regulations it would have to be paid in advance he said and did not know how much it would be from Girard to Conneaut I told him the price per hundered but he would not take them saying I dont know how much money to take from you. So I let them go by express. My ambition which had risen to the highth of a steaple sudenly fell when
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you had a great amount of work to do and I knew it used to be all you could do to find time to write John his share, so I did not expect many letters untill the work which every fall brings with it was over. As for the apples Jimmie Oliver took them to the depot, the freight agent would not take them and he sent them by express. I went down as quick as legs could walk and found things in a perplexing shape the agent was confused about new regulations it would have to be paid in advance he said and did not know how much it would be from Girard to Conneaut I told him the price per hundered but he would not take them saying I dont know how much money to take from you. So I let them go by express. My ambition which had risen to the highth of a steaple sudenly fell when
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