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Personal

#915 Union Trust Building,
Detroit, Michigan,
September 19,1901.

My dear Mr. Wilson:--
Your letter of the 18th instant is received, and fully noted. It seems to me that there is very little difference of opinion between us concerning the best thing to do with that man Curtiss. Of course, we must remember that your brother contemplated doing a lot of work on his place near Sheffield. He also thought very seriously of buying the place opposite his, upon which, you will remember, there is an old red brick house and a tumble-down barn encrouching somewhat upon the highway. He seemed very fond of grading, road making, etc., and I am gradually coming to the opinion that he really did talk with Curtiss about permanent employment. Again, during the time of his last visit to Chicago, considerable trouble happened on the place between the coachman and the farmer and the coachman's helper and the housemaid. In fact, a general row took place, and Mr. Wilson wrote Curtiss to take charge of everything in his absence, making him a sort of personal representative, and things were in this state at the time of your brother's death, and, judging from this and other facts which have come to light during the last six