Letter from William Griffey, 18 May 1843
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Source Note
, Letter, , Des Moines Co., Iowa Territory, to JS, , Hancock Co., IL, 18 May 1843; handwriting probably of of ; dockets in handwriting of ; two pages; Helen Vilate Bourne Fleming, Collection, CHL.

May 18th 1843
Mr Joseph Smith
Deir Sir having bin informd that you have bought a part of and intend to improve the Same and I having a good farm and a Saw mill a bought [about] 2½ or 3 miles above on the Same Side of the and beleving it would be to your advantadge to buy me out I have thought propper to make Known to you the above fact, together with the following facts I have a good frame up 50 foot by 25 wid the Dam & forebay all compleat one Saw Redy to Run with the acceptian of the Water Wheel the fram is calculated for 1 Saw & 2 Run of Burs and in the midst of plenty of good timber & plenty of it abought a Secksan [section] of land belonging to the premises thay as yeat all government Lands— Lumber can at all times be Boated or Rafted from the mill to and any Boat that can Run this can at all times go with in one Hundered and fifty yards of the mill [p. [1]]
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