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Bean family letters, 1862-1863
1862-11-19 Page 02
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the interest I told him I would be at leasure that evening and would cast the interest so I took the note down to Howells and he looked it over and found $47 due: it took him till eleven or twelve O clock. I went up next day, with the note and the interest all worked out on a seperate peice of paper, but Mr B. had gone a bove Conneautville was to be back towards night but it was always uncertain when he would return; so I sat down on a stool to wait; after awhile one of the boys said he whished his father would come, but that he had given him no orders; I however waited contented; they wished me to trade I examined their goods found them very reasonable offering them for less than I had heard them offer to others but I told them I did not wish to trade untill I waw their father and see how much money he would pay, and remarked that I did not think there was room on the note for another endorcement; I sat down and waited till most night; when I said that perhaps Mr Buller would buy the note and pay past mony and perhaps it
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the interest I told him I would be at leasure that evening and would cast the interest so I took the note down to Howells and he looked it over and found $47 due: it took him till eleven or twelve O clock. I went up next day, with the note and the interest all worked out on a seperate peice of paper, but Mr B. had gone a bove Conneautville was to be back towards night but it was always uncertain when he would return; so I sat down on a stool to wait; after awhile one of the boys said he whished his father would come, but that he had given him no orders; I however waited contented; they wished me to trade I examined their goods found them very reasonable offering them for less than I had heard them offer to others but I told them I did not wish to trade untill I waw their father and see how much money he would pay, and remarked that I did not think there was room on the note for another endorcement; I sat down and waited till most night; when I said that perhaps Mr Buller would buy the note and pay past mony and perhaps it
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