NEWARK, OHIO, June 15, 18--.
Mr. J.D. SHAYLOR,
Denver, Col.
_My Dear Sir_: As I told you a year ago, I have been thinking
seriously of disposing of my small business here and locating
in some live and promising city out west, where I can grow up
with the country as you are doing.
Will you have the kindness to sit down and write me at your
convenience, full information in regard to the prospects of
business, price of rents, cost of living, etc., in your city,
and any other information, especially in regard to the
hardware trade.
If you will thus kindly give me the facts on which I can base
a calculation, and all is favorable, I will probably visit
Denver this fall, and eventually become your neighbor.
Yours very truly,
J.O. GOODRICH.
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