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When I had the pleasure of seeing you last and after having had
some conversation with you and
Mr. Alves on the subject of stone lime I
received your letter in which you were kind enough to offer me a monopoly in
furnishing the lime yet necessary for the completion of the principal Building
at the
r bushel. Your
proposition I have maturely deliberated on and apprehend I have nearly
ascertained the quantum of labour as well as expense that would necessarily
attend the raising of the rock and burning them into lime which could not be
less than one shilling
r day having their own provisions as also provided
for their horses found them which at the least calculation I estimate at or
equal to half a dollar each day when on the road, and the distance the waggons
would have to run in conveying the lime being about ninety miles I might
reasonably conclude upon an average it would take nine days for each trip.
Therefore after summing up the whole, the result is I could not possibly afford
to take less than four shillings