[Letter of 1873 September 24]

[Letter of 1873 September 24]

1873-09-24

Books

Door-to-door selling

Wiley, Edward A.

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Correspondence

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Sep. 24th 1873/ Dear Edward:/ Your letter of yes-/ terday's date came to hand this/ morning bring cheering evidence/ that you have not suspended under the/ effect of the present financial pain/ but on the Contrary that you are/ keeping the ball moving successfully./ I am glad you succeeded in finding a/ pleasant boarding place, at moderate/ charges./ I perceive that you have/ discovered or have heard that agents have/ been in the field a head of you. Porter &/ Coates declared to me that 12 Cops only/ were all that went through their/ hands. For my own part I am sure/ I have sent none, so I hardly think that/ more than a very few copies/ have been sold in Baltimore. Yet several/ Sap-headed fellows may have made/ some attempt at offering it. Since/ in carrying into execution your deter=/ mination to "give" the "city a thorough/ canvassing if it takes" you "a year",/ I think you will find that the