Transcription
OBJECT NAME Letter
DATE September 9, 1898
AUTHOR Alexander Duer Irving
RECIPIENT William H. Mersereau
MEDIUM Paper, ink
PEOPLE Mrs. Mersereau, Curtiss (& Co., contractor),
PLACES Sunnyside, Irvington, Marblehead, barn, manure pit,
KEYWORDS Burlington Build Co., cistern, pipes to manure pit,
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Irivngton. Sep 9 . 98
WH Mersereau Esq
Dear sir:
Will you / please send / to me duplicate / [cert] [^ to Marbelhead] for bill due / Burlington Build Co.
Is there any / reason why / [manuel] / cistern at barn / can not be [finished?] / no connection / [image cut off]
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[image cut off] Manure pit - / the barn yard / might also be / finished. –
Old Cistern in / yard was not / filled up – / wood + considers / only [put?] [==er?] / it _ I am sur - / prised that you / did not have it filled up
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I supposed that / was part of the / Contract _ if / left as is, no / doubt trouble will / arise __
Yours truly,
AD Irving
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10th AM
I hear this morning / that reason pipes / are not laid to / [^ manure] [Ashers?] by Curtiss, / is because he / claims, more digging / is needed than is / called for in your / Specifications + / that you told him / he could wait / until I had / grading finished - / that is a cheerful / idea - wh. means / that his work is /
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To [^ be] un finished _ / done by me. __
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