Letter from George Adams, 26 November 1895
Layton
Dear President
I received yours of the
30th Oct. I will indeavour tto
make a true statement of my
affairs to you and then leave
it to your honor to decide what
is best. I bought some land about
five years ago. also a water right
I still owe over two Thousand
Dollars on same. about two years later
Adams & sons store burned down
I owned six hundred Dollars in store.
to start store again I was forced to
borrow nearly three hundred more
I am in debt to store for mechandice
for support of family over two hundred
Dollars. the most of our land in under
mortgage. we have a family of
nine children and I am barily able
to support them and meet intrests
