Orestes is happy to learn his third of the $2000 loan will be here this week. He trusts Henry will have like good fortune with other matters and speedily arrange all the rest. Sarah M. Brownson does not like Henry's proposition that Orestes receive $1000 first and then to divide the rest of the money between the three, but wrote Orestes a fearful letter. She says she wants a third of everything, and Orestes is satisfied if Henry is willing, or with Henry's plan, if she is willing. Orestes may need Henry's legal assistance. If a citizen of Missouri owes Orestes must he sue in a U.S. District Court, and if so where, in Iowa, or in Missouri? He asks if Henry knows if the mining laws of Iowa are the same as the mining laws of any other other state. P.S. Henry is to excuse the hasty scrawl, as Orestes is working very hard in the mines, with hammer, pickaxe, etc., and is lifting heavy rocks, until his hands are to stiff and swollen, that he can hardly use his fingers. They are now blasting through a heavy galena limestone. Henry sold his Chess Journal to some parties in Missouri; and they now owe $250, and do not comply with the agreement made. That is why Orestes asked in what kind of court to bring on a suit. :: III-3-a A.L.S. 2pp. 8vo.