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Correspondence on Lemmond Mine, Union County, North Carolina, part 2, 1854-1894

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Report of interview, between Mr. Spring and Mr. Durant, October
3d, 1894, with reference to the North Carolina Land.
Mr.B:—  I will see you for just a moment,Mr.Spring, What is it?
Mr.S:— Why I called in regard to that old property in North Carolina,
about which I have written you and have made an effort to see
you several times. You see they are very anxious to
have you act in this matter—
Mr D:— but why don't they do what they said they would. I can't act
inthe matter until I know something about it. They don't
tell me what they are getting for this property or anything—
Mr. S:— I wrote for the full particulars—
Mr. D:--But they say don't give them. What they say don't amount to anything.
They tell me what they want me to do, but that is not the 
thing. I can't act without knowing something of what is 
involved, and then I can only act for myself. As you know 
you would have to see my mother and sister, or her lawyer—
Mr.S:— I under that. I suppose your sister is of age, so that she
can act for hereslf?—
Mr.B:— Oh yes, she is thirty-seven, and a widow, but we are not on very
good terns — in fact have, scarcely any communication with
each other; and therefore you would have to reach her personally or through her lawyer.
Mr.S:— Yes, yes, I understand that, but as the power of attorney was given
by you, we naturally came to you first in the matter---
Mr.D:—  But I cannot act in this matter until I know something more
about it. As I say I am absolutely ignorent as to what the
land is or how much there is of it.  Do they want to sell it all or only
a part, and what is the prospective
amount of money involved---
Mr.S:----- Well as I understand it, sometime about '65 a pool was
formed for the purchase: of this land, and Mr. T.C. Durant was one of
the parties, and furnished all the money for the purchase
of the land, with a view I guess to letting those people
make something out of it, but nothing came of it. Now they
think they have an opportunity to make something out of
it, but they need another Power of Attorney from the heirs
of T.C. Durant —
Mr. D: -- Well let them make their proposition in definite terms, so that
it can be submitted to my sister's lawyer and mine. Do they
expect to sell the whole or a part of the land, and how much
is there of it -- you see I know none of these facts---

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Report of interview, between Mr. Spring and Mr. Durant, October 3d, 1894, with reference to the North Carolina Land. Mr.B:— I will see you for just a moment,Mr.Spring, What is it? Mr.S:— Why I called in regard to that old property in North Carolina, about which I have written you and have made an effort to see you several times. You see they are very anxious to have you act in this matter— Mr D:— but why don't they do what they said they would. I can't act inthe matter until I know something about it. They don't tell me what they are getting for this property or anything— Mr. S:— I wrote for the full particulars— Mr. D:--But they say don't give them. What they say don't amount to anything. They tell me what they want me to do, but that is not the thing. I can't act without knowing something of what is involved, and then I can only act for myself. As you know you would have to see my mother and sister, or her lawyer— Mr.S:— I under that. I suppose your sister is of age, so that she can act for hereslf?— Mr.B:— Oh yes, she is thirty-seven, and a widow, but we are not on very good terns — in fact have, scarcely any communication with each other; and therefore you would have to reach her personally or through her lawyer. Mr.S:— Yes, yes, I understand that, but as the power of attorney was given by you, we naturally came to you first in the matter--- Mr.D:— But I cannot act in this matter until I know something more about it. As I say I am absolutely ignorent as to what the land is or how much there is of it. Do they want to sell it all or only a part, and what is the prospective amount of money involved--- Mr.S:----- Well as I understand it, sometime about '65 a pool was formed for the purchase: of this land, and Mr. T.C. Durant was one of the parties, and furnished all the money for the purchase of the land, with a view I guess to letting those people make something out of it, but nothing came of it. Now they think they have an opportunity to make something out of it, but they need another Power of Attorney from the heirs of T.C. Durant — Mr. D: -- Well let them make their proposition in definite terms, so that it can be submitted to my sister's lawyer and mine. Do they expect to sell the whole or a part of the land, and how much is there of it -- you see I know none of these facts---