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out of Existence as there was not a dosen [dozen] fire proof
Buildings in the place.

Our own Building will be of wood but as it is
entirely detached from the frame part of the
of the town the risk from fire amounts to
nothing at all. Our Stock will be almost
entirely of consigned goods & consequently personally
we will run very little risk. We will do
little or no credit business an [and] avoid that
risk. The business will pay from the first
if properly managed will grown into something
handsome. There is Scarcely a man who has been
in doing business here for the past two years
that has not made a fortune ie 30 to 50000.

I have been taught caution by experience, & I have
viewed my present enterprise in every light &
cannot See any reason why it Should not
Succeed on the contrary every thing seems favorable
to Success as the Drs [Doctor's] health is not very
Strong the Bulk of the Business will fall
to my Share & if the amt [amount] comes up to my
expectations. I will have more than I can
attend to & it is part of my calculation to send
for Charles G. Israel to come out with Sara[
& the children & take the Steamboat agency
off of my hands. I Shall also have an
opportunity of repaying the debt of gratitude that
I owe to Captain George R. Barclay of the Camanche by
throwing a large amt [amount] of frt [freight] in his way for I
owe all my present Success to his kindness in
getting me the Situation after the C. slept
coming here he got me the agency of the small Boat
he connected with. There was policy in it, he