The daily gazette., 1876-06-07
Specimen Letters from the Pack
The Delivery Of the Stock.

The Delivery of the Stock.
The following are among the most
important of Mr.. Blaine's letters 10
Mr.. Fisher:
AUGUSTA. Me-, October l, 1871
My Dear Mr.. Fisher. am dong adj
in my power to expedite and hasten
the delivery of the stock, The delay
has been occasioned by circumstances
wholly beyond my control, but shall
reach a conclusion within few days
and make formal delivery then. II
will be an immense relief TO get it of
my hands, assure you, far greater
than for you to receive it. You must
have strangely misunderstood Mr..
Caldwell in regard to his paying these
notes. He has paid me only Just 81, 900
leaving $40 900, which l am carrying
here at o and g. per cent. interest, and
which embarasses me beyond all i'm
agination. l do not really know which
way to turn for relief, am so pressed
and hampered with the the Little Rock
and Fort Smith matter, and if you and
Caldwell between you cannot pay me
that $40, 900 of borrowed money | do
not know what l shall do. Politically
/ am charged with being wealthy
man and personally and pecuniarily l
am laboring under the. most fearful
embarassments, and the greatest of all
these embarrassments is the $19, 900,
which handed over under your or.
ders, and not one dollar OF which Il
have received of the $25, 200 original
debt. Mr.. Caldwell has paid So coo,
and 81, 900 only. Can you not give me
some hope of relief in this matterY 1t
is cruel beyond measure to leave me
so exposed and so suffering.
Yours, truly, J. G. BLAINE.
AUGUSTA, Me-, October 4, 197i.-
My Dear Mr.. Fisher. You must have
strangely misunderstoodMr. Caldwell's
statement in regard to his paying me
all but 81 500, borrowed money, which
| loaned the company through him and
you last January. Mr., Caldwell paid
me in June 50 500, and In July 81, 500
more, accepting at the same time a
draft for $4,000 July 10, ten days,
which drafts remains unpaid. have
therefore received but So, 900 from MIR
Caldwell, leaving $4,000, besides the
interest due me to day for that $40, 900
| am individually held, and consider
ing all the circumstances, l think that
you and Ar. Caldwell should regard it
as an honorary debt, and you should
not allow me to suffer for money which
raised under peculiar circumstances
And then, l have been used with
positive cruelty in regard to the bonds
have your positive written contract
to deliver hae $25, ,0G0 land bonds md
$32 800 first mortgage bonds. The
money due on the contract was all
paid nearly year and a half ago,
while of that amount of bonds due
me | tave received but $50, 900 of land
grants, leaving $75, 600 of them and
1872. 500 of first mortgage bonds still
due. know that you are pressed and
in trouble, and do not wish to be to.
exactiDg. | wish TO be very liberal
much oblige me by showing this letter
to MIR. Caldwell. Yours very truly,
JAMES G. BLAINE,
AUGUSTA, June 20, 19G0-My Dean
Mr. Fisher: l thank you for the ar
ticle from MIR. Lewis; it is good in
itself and will do good. He writes
like man of large intelligence and
comprehension. Your offer to admit
me to participation in the new rail-
road enterprise is in every respect as
generous as could expect or desire.
| thank you very sincerely for it, and
in this connection | wish to make a
suggestion of somewhat solnsll
character. 1t is this: You spoke of
Mr.. Caldwell disposing Of Share Of
his interest to make the proposition
definite, so that | could know JUS,
what to depend on. Perhaps if be
wait till the full development OF the
enterprise he might grow reluctant tC
part with the share, and do not by
this mean any distrust of hin. dc
not feel that shall prove deadhead
in the enterprise if once embark ir
it. see various channels in which
know can be useful. Very hastily
end sincerely your friend.
JAMES G. BLAINE
India street, Boston.
WASHINGTON, May IA, 1S70.-M
dear Mr.. Fisher: think On the Who'll,
that had better not insist on th
$40,O0O additional bonds at the sam
rate. My engagement not absolute
and | can break out of it with honor
| would rather do this than seem to b
exacting or indelicate. Besides,
have always felt that Mr.. Caldwell
manifested most gentlemanly spiri
towards me, and desired to treat m
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