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land attached must be sold together of course, to be valuable to the buyer; and the Rolling Mill will be worth little except to the owner of the furnace.
 
The parties of whom I spoke to you (Mr. Lyon & others of Demopolis) stand ready to purchase the entire property at a fair value, & I have agreed to manage for them, when bought - Such a purchase will at once give employment to four or five hundred negros in all the departments of the establishment, & will furnish support to four times that number.

As soon as the property is acquired I shall go on & begin operations. I state this much of detail, knowing how