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to anyone but myself I can do very well without that for a while. He says he will make it a week from today. thinks the lumber will do to work upon then. 
After Robert had began the work we found that only a part of the lumber was dressed I sent- word to Mr. Stearns and asked him to come and see how things were for himself he did not come "round directly" so after
Robert used up what lumber was dressed- he left to do some other work. I wrote to Mr. Stearns again about it- he came to see me Tues. eve. before he left he said he wl'd [[would]] try to get it down at the mill and wld [[would]] send some for it but we heard nothing more about it and finally Robert did it himself only one half was dressed. That which was dressed at the mill the mill was better seasoned and did very well- the rest was green and shrink and cracks.
Mr. Stearns said he was obliged to pay as much as any body for the lumber as he was not in business with Mr.  [[Brunta?]]