White River Agency, Colorado
July 16, 1879
Sir: In regard to purchasing the grist mill of Todd and Co., Saint Louis, I find it hardly practicable to do business with them.
First, they insist that the man performing the skilled labor, for which you have appropriated $400, must have $3 a day from the time he starts, his ticket purchased at Saint Louis, and his board paid while at work, and his return ticket bought,…