Nemiah Allen Letter to Thomas Rotch Concerning Stoves

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[corresponds to page 1 of Nemiah Allen Letter to Thomas Rotch Concerning Stoves]
	  
Friend Rotche
	
        I am at Talmadge to ascertain what I
	  
can get Christopher Hoxie's patent cooking
	  
Stoves cast for per ton---I lately recieved a letter
	  
from him offering to give me a permit
	  
to use his patent for 2 Dol per stove or
	  
$500 Dollars for the Western Reserve in the rest
	  
of Ohio & Territory of Michigan or a permit
	  
to cast one hundred Stoves for one hundred Dols
	  
money in advance----I think I may
	  
say with confidence his are the best and
	  
most convenient cooking Stoves in use and
	  
approach as near perfection as can be reas-
	  
ably hoped--I cannot get the castings at
	  
this place--but I have seen Judge Norton
	 
who offers to furnish the plates at Canton
	  
purchased near thy place for one hundred Dollars
	  
per ton-  Friend Hoxie gets his at Philadelphia
	  
for $80 per ton--Now the favor I ask of thee
	  
is as soon as thy business will permit to give
	  
me thy opinion of the Canton iron for Stoves
	  
whether it is soft enough & will stand,fine
	  
for this use[unclear]
	     
them in to Stark and the lower counties
	  
at $40 per stove--we are well and may this
	  
find thee and thine so.    Thy obliged friend
	
	  
9th mo. 3rd 1823       Nemiah Allen
              
Thomas Rotche
	  
PS thy books are much sought for by the fine
	  
men of our place and I think one read to advantage.
		
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