Elmira, Sep. 9/81.
Dear Charley—
Have just received Raubs’ telegram “Prince & P. will be finished Monday, all complete.”
Now here is my idea:
1. If Patterson has made a good nice job of it, & you believe it can be satisfactorily cast in brass, take it to [them] Boston yourself, immediately, & have it cast in that portion of Boston called Chelsea, in that fancy foundry. Better call on Osgood, first, & have him go with you, so that he can take charge of the casting & finishing & let you go home to New York. Let them keep on casting & recasting till they get it right. Pay what they require.
2. Now a chief reason why I want you to go, is, that you may talk with that foundry & see if they will do other jobs for us, & expeditiously.
3. And another reason is, that if they can’t make this casting, & do it right away, I want you to rush off to Providence with it & make them hurry it up & express it to Osgood.
It is of vast importance that no time be lost—for it might hinder ‸delay‸ the issue of my canvassers’ copies, & cost me several thousand dollars. Consequently, I would a good deal rather hurt your K business a hundred dollars or so by your absence.
I don’t suggest that you go to [Munn] & Co to find a fine brass man f in N. Y. for this job, th for that would make delay.
Start along, now—either Monday or Monday night.
Ys Truly
Take the originall design home to Osgood with you.
Don’t forget.
Textual Commentary
Source text(s):Previous publication:
MTBus, 168–69.
Provenance:
See McKinney Family Papers in Description of Provenance.
Emendations and textual notes:
them • [‘m’ partly formed; word revised before phrase underscored]
Munn • [‘nn’ conflated]
OVER • [capitals simulated, not underscored]
