Sur Mr Miller             as your wife was writing I thought I would drop you a few lines to know wether I cold get a job of filing & wat I can get for pay I wont turn my hand over to no man in filing so if you can get me a plase I will come in very short notice pleas discribe to me how the mill is lokated & how much hours is per week if I can get a job I will leave my famley untill next spring if nesary I can get a reckmend from Finley young & Co. I have filed for them one sumer & proved my work to be all right. I filed one Gan one Miller & the Egers

 

                                                            Pleas me yours ever

                                    C D Kerrick    Wm Sprat

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