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Correspondence from William F. Durant to Thomas C. Durant, 1855-1863

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Iowa City - April 1st 1862
         Tho C Durant Eq
                         Dear Brother
                         yours of the [illegible]
         just recd,
                  On the 13th of March I recd
         a letter from you requesting me to
         locate a Depot at or west of Brooklyn
         and to make such arrangements
         as I saw fine under those instructing
         I asked to the agent of T C Durant
         [illegible] contractor, and not of 
         the Company. I do not consider
         tho M& M R R Co bound in any
         way shape or manner in that
         contract with [illegible], but an
         left [illegible] to build a Depot at
         any point they wish west of
         Brooklyn But Tho C Durant
         is bound in that contract not
         to put [illegible] a Station within 7 miles
         of the one that is to be built

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Iowa City - April 1st 1862 Tho C Durant Eq Dear Brother yours of the [illegible] just recd, On the 13th of March I recd a letter from you requesting me to locate a Depot at or west of Brooklyn and to make such arrangements as I saw fine under those instructing I asked to the agent of T C Durant [illegible] contractor, and not of the Company. I do not consider tho M& M R R Co bound in any way shape or manner in that contract with [illegible], but an left [illegible] to build a Depot at any point they wish west of Brooklyn But Tho C Durant is bound in that contract not to put [illegible] a Station within 7 miles of the one that is to be built