William R. Dickinson letter to Thomas Rotch, Steubenville, November 17, 1812

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  	      Steubenville  Nov 17th  1812
   my respected friend,
         Finding it impossible to get
	  a tenant for my Farm this winter, I have
	  to request the favor of you to endeaver, if
	  practicable, to procure some person or family
	  to go in to the House and take care
	  of the premises until spring, by which
	  time I hope to engage a Successer to
	  Angus Ross---if a man can be
	  got who will make rails during the
	  winter, I will pay him the customary
	  price pr mo.   I have not heard from
	  Stockton as yet.---I continue to feel
	  very anxious about our sheep indeed--they
	  ought to be at their winter quarters ere
	  this.      will you have the goodness to
	  send me your best practical treatise on
	  Sheep--I have read Levingtons.  offer my
	  kind regards to your wife and accept my
	  best wishes for your happiness.
                                     W.R.Dickinson