, Letter, Naples, Scott Co., IL, to JS, , Hancock Co., IL, 9 Oct. 1843; handwriting of ; docket in handwriting of ; two pages; Helen Vilate Bourne Fleming, Collection, CHL.
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Oct 9th. 1843
Beloved Brother Sir
I deem it my duty to write you a few lines that you may know the Situation that I am placed in at the presant time it is allso because I know and realize your expectations of me, at least the responcibility that now rests upon me in having char[g]e of your property and Some other to rule over it, made an exertion at , after Left to Ship another Clerk but I told him that I should not give up the keys unless I was autherised by you to do So and told him that I had had inStructions from you and Should follow them, till otherwise instucted by you I will give you a little Statement of things, our trip up and down was about one hundred & Eighty four dollars I paid that out at on bills and left. numbers of bills and notes that ware not paid I Should have taken the amount but had not time; but have now in my posession bills to the amount of one hundred & twenty dollars that has been contracted Since we came down nearly the amount that I have paid for the Boat I candidly believe thare are more debts against her than She can pay this fall, with the best of management that knows some thing about, allso a Steam boat is no place for a family to Live when they med[d]le with that that is not their buisness, [p. [2]]