inclosed is a letter of a sort which will probably grow somewhat frequent. they have been frequent in former years. i shall send all such letters to you, and you may answer them as neatly and politely as you please, and you may also say to the writers that i myself do not answer because my time is all taken up with other work.

inclosed you will also find a printed notice of some importance to us. i think you had better see mr. payton and show him this printed notice. that is to say, you can show it to him and talk with him if you think best. i mention him because i saw him at the union league the other night, and he asked me about the type-setter. i told him i knew nothing about it except that the inventor was under contract to perfect the machine within a given time. payton said he believed the machine could be perfected, and that it would be a mighty good thing when finished. he also asked me to keep him posted, because he said that moneyed friends of his in new york had not lost their interest in that thing, but were anxious to see it succeed and as anxious to put money in it. so i thought that if you and payton should run up here together and examine the machine, it would help these people to remember the terms upon which they can be applied to those new york men for capital.