Boston 7^th March 1861

 

Dear Ro^s

                        I will send a line to you with the others.

 

I have not heard from Chase Bro^s for some time, when I last heard from them one of them expected to come to Boston the last of March. Martin was then selling trees.

 

I hope you will stop here a while on your way to N.Y.

 

Father wrote that they should be likely to want me to help deliver. I should like to get away from the store a few days but I hardly think the Co. would be willing for me to go they fearing there might be a rush of business so that they would need me. I hope you will / meet with good success in delivering your trees and getting the pay for them and I see no reason why you will not. Business is much better than it was a month ago. A large part of the trade is from the West but some of it is from the South they having become so footsore that they were obliged to buy a few brogans.

 

Again we have a government and all parties except the Unionists seem pleased that we have. Every man and every paper that is edited by a man speaks well of Mr. Lincolns address. The Courier fears that is not the message for the times, fears that it will cause bloodshed. Nothing better was expected from that paper others differing with Lincoln in politics think it what we want and what no Union man can find fault with 

 

            After considerable delay I collected that 72 cts paid the second time to the stove man. He is a rascal and I told him so. Had I not had two receipted bills I should have collected nothing. They are closing the store and I must do the same.      

Charles

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