N.P. Atkinson letter to Thomas Rotch, Wheeling, June 21st, 1818

              A-41-7
  Friend Rotch
     I have recently recd two Letters
  from you one on the subject of the
  manufacturing the wool into Cloth
  & the other respecting the purchasing of
  Wool. - I very much regret that there
  should have been any difficulty on the
  price of manufacturing the Wool or
  on the subject of credit for the transfer
  time that we wanted you to give us
  a credit for your labour on the wool
  until we could have a reasonable time
  to sel the Cloth - & as to the average
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  price for manufacturing I see^does not
  exceed what you stated in your letter to
  Jacob, yet the quality of the Cloth may
  not justify the Prices stated - You men-
  tion that you can get wool for Thirty cents
  on a credit. I [illegible] certainly advise you
  to atke it - had I any to dispose of I cou
  -ld not think of selling it as low as that
  our poorest wool we have sent to [illegible]
  ses to be manufactured & our first
  rate Wool we expect to let the Steu-
  -benville factory have - We should
  not feel justified in leting you have
  the Wool which you have made into
  cloth for us short of 69 1/2 cts for lb.