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Peter A. Dey correspondence, 1855-1864
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Iowa City January 27th 1862 T.C. Durant Esq Dear Sir Your Brother requests me to write you my views of the point for station at or near Brooklin and also the intermediate one between that and Grinnell. I think the one at Brooklin should be between stations 5544 and 5558. this comes on lands of Wm. Manatt who I suppose has written you and made some proposition. I gave him to understand that if he wanted the station he must be prepared to give some equivalent - You had better instruct Frank fully and give him full power to act for you and have it closed at once without waiting for Henry. It is one thing to ride up there in state and expect the whole country to run after you, and quite anothe to get the thing closed up and in Black and white, send it to Frank by all means and it will be attended to promptly -
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Iowa City January 27th 1862 T.C. Durant Esq Dear Sir Your Brother requests me to write you my views of the point for station at or near Brooklin and also the intermediate one between that and Grinnell. I think the one at Brooklin should be between stations 5544 and 5558. this comes on lands of Wm. Manatt who I suppose has written you and made some proposition. I gave him to understand that if he wanted the station he must be prepared to give some equivalent - You had better instruct Frank fully and give him full power to act for you and have it closed at once without waiting for Henry. It is one thing to ride up there in state and expect the whole country to run after you, and quite anothe to get the thing closed up and in Black and white, send it to Frank by all means and it will be attended to promptly -
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