Letter from John Milton Bernhisel, 16 March 1854
Washington
Dear Brother,
I have just received your
favor of the 24th of December, and I hasten
to drop you a line, hoping that it may
reach Independence in season for the
April Mail. I sincerely regret to inform
you that it will not be in my power
to meet the draft in favor of Sanborn and
Carter at present, but I hope to be able
to do so in the course of three or four
months.
The saddle, bridle, and martingale
cost either sixteen or seventeen dollars
in Saint Louis, I am not quite sure which.
Therefore we cannot sell the saddle for
$15 dollors, but you may sell them
for what may be considered a fair price.
Please sell the arsenic if it can be
found, and I suppose it can. Please to
let me hear from you as often as you
can make it convenient. In haste Your friend
John M. Bernhisel
Mr Woodruff.
