Creator
J[ohn] Reid
Recipient
John Muir
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[2]had to furnish them money tell we was holden for $20,000. I demanded a bill of sale of the horses for that amt. as their was demands coming against those [partiess?] that was going to interfere with our interest & that Mr. Foster had sign notes with those parties to amt. if $11.000. unbeknown to me. so that was placing us in bad shape. well all we got the bill of sale I then went to Kansas City with 3 car loads of horses to sell so as to get back some of that money as it was coming due. while I was there in Kansas City Mr. Foster & those parties made another sale supposing to be a better one as [stricken word] liabilities were held by other parties against those parties who own the horses to the amt of $14.000 and when they found out that [stricken word] Reid & Foster and the horses they kicked supposing 01275[3]the sale not to be genuine & the upshot then was going to be an long lawsuit. well in order to make a settlement we had to lose about $2500. as the parties who own the horses were going to go against us to make it out that the sale was not good. since that time I have been trying to sell out myinterest in the horses here in Kansas to Mr. Foster but he will not sell nor buy. so I am trying to get along as well as I can. the banks have sgone against us also. will not let us have any money [stricken word] to wrok with. they tell me to separate from Foster & then they will help me all I want. but unwilling to do anything as long as Foster stays with me. I am in bad shape as present do not know hardly what to do. I feel like throw things up & go to work to support my family
Location
Collyer, Kansas
Date Original
1887 Aug 24
Source
Original letter dimensions: 20.5 x 25.5 cm.
Resource Identifier
muir05_0860-let.tif
File Identifier
Reel 05, Image 0860
Copyright Status
Copyright status unknown
Copyright Statement
Some letters written to John Muir may be protected by the U.S. Copyright Law (Title 17, U.S.C.). Transmission or reproduction of materials protected by copyright beyond that allowed by fair use requires the written permission of the copyright owners. Responsibility for any use rests exclusively with the user.
Owning Institution
University of the Pacific Library Holt-Atherton Special Collections. Please contact this institution directly to obtain copies of the images or permission to publish or use them beyond educational purposes.
Page Number
Page 2
Keywords
John Muir, correspondence, letters, author, writing, naturalist, California, correspondent, mail, message, post, exchange of letters, missive, notes, epistle
