Letter, William Gleason to Kate Gleason

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Office of
William Gleason,
Manufacturer of
Machinists’ Tools
10 Brown’s Race

Rochester, N.Y., Feb 1st 1885

Dear Daughter
Pardon me for not answering your letter more
prompt. I have been very busy answering
inquireys but the percentage of sales is not
large to the amt off inquiry. I have made
a good sale to a firm in Fort Wayne Ind
Off a 48” 16’ Extension Planer price $2400.
I sold to Connell & Dengler one 21” 10’ Lathe
to Peter Kelly a suspension drill and
Prentiss & Co sold the 40” 12’ Lathe
that was on hand that belonged to
Will Clarke & Co . —- Will Clarke & Co
sold the 20’ 24” Lathe the 30” x 28” 8’
Planer that I had billed too them they
also sold the 32” 14’ bottom spindle
Lathe that I brought home from [Canton?]
that is about all of importance. Since you
left I am figureing with three parties for gear
Planer and more than four hundred for
Lathes and planer. Let me know by return mail
about how mutch money you will need

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and I will forward it as soon as I hear
from you. the parties that you ordered
the paper from has not presented any
bill yet. I think business is better but not
by any means good. I had a hard month
in Jan to meet my payments but have got
through all right [illegible] is light very little
more than the pay roll to provide
for and very little to provide it
with I still keep pileing up stock in
[detail?] and will Bull dose it through
in some shape. I am going to have
a daily paper sent to you as I don’t
want you to loose track off the modern
world while delving among the debris
off Old Greece & Rome for ancient
information this letter is written in a [illegible] as it
comes in at         Yours & c.   Wm. Gleason
the late end
off about 20 others at half past 12 [Sunday night?] and
the steam has gone down in the boiler and [illegible]
[illegible] me