Letter to Reuben Middleton and Amos William Riley, 28 July 1853
Great Salt Lake City,
Messrs Middleton & Riley
Gentlemen
I write to ask a
favor of you which is this I forwarded by Mr Wm
E. Hornon who went East Last fall cash in U.S. gold
$1552.40/100 to be forwarded to the firm of Sanbon &
Carter of portland Maine with a fair promise from
Mr Hornon that He would attend to the business for
me promptly but those Gentlemen up to the first of m[a]y
had not ^received^ the mony or one word from him in any way
& I feel quite Anxious about it. Mr Kinkade informed
me that He expeted Mr Hornor here soon with a drove of
Cattle for you, but their has been a report here that
He was not coming on this season, that He was in
your employ &c. I have been acquainted with mMr
Homon for several years but Never before done any business
with him, but I had the most implicil[t] confidence
in him as a man of business, integrity & honour from
the recommends which I got concerning him.
Now Gentlemen if you have any knowledge of this affair
if He has made a deposit of this mony with you or made
any arangements with you to pay it, or has communicated
the matter to you in any way you will do me a great
favor to by giving all the information you possess upon the
subject to me the first opportunity by Mail Also to Sanbon
& Carter of portland Main & if you have no knowledge of the
