Dear Will 
DANIEL CHESTER FRENCH 
GLENDALE 
MASSACHUSETTS. 
yiv- (lit) 
Sept. 29, 190S. 
Your letter and one from Mrs. Brewster came this 
morning at the same time . It is very pleasant to hear that you 
enjoyed your little visit so much in spite of unfavorable condi¬ 
tions . It is always a delight to have you here and to have 
Mrs. Brewster here at the same time made it an event . If only 
O 
yu would buy the Knight farm !!! 
Margaret is full of excitement at the prospect of the- 
arrival of the pigeens tomorrow . It was very good of you to at¬ 
tend to getting them off at once . The pigeon -house id in pro¬ 
cess of construction and , I hope , will be ready for their re¬ 
ception when they arrive . I an counting on much pleasure and 
interest in my new pets . 
As to that farm , - I saw Knight today and he said that 
his price for the "home farm " , comprising about ISo acres , 
was four thousand dollars . There is a tract of wood-land ly¬ 
ing to the north-west of the site of your house (1) that is not 
included in this tract . It consists of about fifty acres , mostly 
woods , some of it large timber , Knight said , and his price 
for this is one thousand dollars . From the way he sroke , I 
think he would reduce this price somewhat . In fact , I think 
the whole thing could probably be bought for forty five hundred 
dollars . He said he would like to know if you wanted to buy 
it, soon , because ,if not , he was going to begin to cut the 
wood off of a part of the out-lying tract . I think this is not 
a 
