him 8,000.00 dollars he does not say that he wishs to get one only 



[wjants to know the price have recast the wheel for the Tennesee engine 



May 5 Wiley left this day for Buffalo to attend to Messick[?] & Co 



suit will begine four days 



Mr Man '"' seting the valves for the Hamilton engine she has one coat 



of paint she will be all finished tomorrow but the painting, the house 



is fitted on. 



Mr More has all of the large bobins turned and the ends grooved the 



small ones about one third finisched. 



We are driving away as fast as possible on all locomotive work Mr 



Clements has sold the Engine Genl Harrison *'' to the Tennesee Road 



for 7200. Dollars and the miami Co pays the alterations Ham does 



all of the work except making the New axels which I hav-e to make, he 



could just as well as not get S8,ooo for her 



the Duchess ^^ has broaken another Shaft I shall make it for them as 



there is not much to do in the foundery at the presant time as they are 



far enough a head in all of the Castings but the Car Wheels which we 



are making 6 per day. I received a letter from you to day from England. 



Mrs Scowden feels very bad to think that she did not receive a letter 



The letter you write to me from N York told me to direct my letters to 



Brown Brothers & Co 



The one you wrote to Mothers says Bearing Brothers & Co And the 



mistake was not discovered until yesterday I shall write to boath houses 



with this so you will be able to know why I have written to them 



to correct mis carreying we shall continue to direct to Bearings 



Brothers & Co. Scince writing the above I have seen Mr Fosdick he 



says that there is no such firm in England as Brown Brothers & Co. I 



sent two letters every weeak so you may know 



May 6th. The Hamilton Engine is finished but cannot get her out this 



weeak on account of the boat not ready they let one of the Cars run 



into her and broake the side in they are repairing. Plaining the pedistals 



for the third hamilton Engine. Mr Clements says they want 4 Engines 



2 — 4^ ft and 2 — 5 ft Drivers as soon as possibley can be made. We 



are driving away on the work as hard as we can 



Accompaning this I send an news paper which gives an account of the 



*'' Probably Z. H. Mann, draftsman and designer for Harkness. 

 *' The General Harrison, a 15-ton 4-4-0 built for the Little Miami Railroad in 

 June 1848 by Harkness. 



^^ The Duchess, a steamboat. 



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