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CATALOG NUMBER ME 4030 (pair with ME 4029?)
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE September 9, 1902
AUTHOR [RG ?? walker?], Walker Brothers
RECIPIENT William H. Mersereau
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE Alexander Duer Irving
PLACES Sunnyside, 71 Broadway NYC, [Grymes??] Hill.
KEYWORDS peppermint test, storm windows and door, cesspool
[LETTERHEAD]
Walker Brothers
Members New York Stock Exchange
No. 71 Broadway
New York
Norman S. Walker, Jr.
Member N.Y. Stock Exchange
John Y. G. Walker
Sept 9. 1902
Wm. H. Mersereau Esq
32 Broadway N.Y.
Dear Sir.
Will you Kindly have the / peppermint test made of the plumbing / in the house I occupy at [Grym?? Hill?] - / So I understand the cesspool has / not been cleaned out for years, I / am uneasy on this subject + beg / that you will give the matter your / prompt attention.
It will shortly be time / for its storm door and window to / be put up _ As the rest of / the house has be painted, it / will look very incongruous if / these are left as they are + I
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[LETTERHEAD]
Walker Brothers
Members New York Stock Exchange
No. 71 Broadway
New York
Norman S. Walker, Jr.
Member N.Y. Stock Exchange
John Y. G. Walker
presume it was the intent of Mr / Irving to make a reasonably complete / Job -
I must again remind you / of the condition of the fence - / I wrote to Mr Irving a month ago / on the subject, but have received / no acknowledgement of my letters / from him.
Kindly let me Know / definitely, one way or the others, / about these matters -
Yrs very truly
R. ? [walker?]
P.S I am of course willing to pay any / expense connected with the peppermint test / for the plumbing
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Kathryn AlexanderLanguage
English