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Source 075 – Personal Letter by Unknown

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Author: unknown
Title: Letter to George [presumed to be George S. Thomas]
Date: undated
Curator: Christine Fisher
Note: [presumed to be Laura Jenks]

[first four pages missing; starts with page 5 of a letter]
Now George, there are some things you ought to know. and perhaps it will be well for me to mention them to you. When our brother Hamilton died in Duke Center I received a dispatch from James’s wife. She had already sent for Edwin to come and see to the burial of our brother and he came at once. Now of course I notified Ashur and Mary. as soon as Manley heard the news he at once ? out for Duke Center and while he was on the way out there Edwin was on the way here, now all that could be said could not stop Manley from going, so Edwin blamed all of us for it was in July and the burial had to be postponed for Manley to return from his trip so the outcome was they demanded pay for Manley’s expenses which was duly paid. As it was in Mary’s and Edd hands they done as they liked about it but if I had went out there Mary and Edd would refused to paid. I tell you this so you will see why we received so little of heirs [?] estate he had on his person nineteen hundred dollars when Edwin settled with me he said there was a dividend of 40 dollars for each of us. You know weather you received it or not. I got none of the 40 dollars. Now you see we can’t allow Hatties expenses and all of Edds journeys if we do there will be nothing left. Edwin has a charge that I shall not allow if I can help it. The summer before Mary died some one notified Edwin that Mary was dead or dying so he came up and while in Marathon he notified the Goodales so they met for a funeral and found our sister very much alive, and Edd would not tell who his informant was. And to this day Jenks nor myself don’t know who sent for Edd. He and Mary had a time over it. Now if Hattie wants pay for the journey up here that time let her get it from the one who sent for Edd. All Harvy Hill knows Mary did not send for him at that time. She told every one she did not know anything of it.

Now George Edwin owed me and he kept the debt alive by paying me a small sum occasionally. He paid me my expenses out to see you when James and the rest came. The amount was fifty-five dollars. It run for a long time. He never got ready to settle it up and I think it ought to come out of the money from the house and premises Mary willed him. She also herself and Ashur hired Katie two months while she was ill. Katie & Jenks done all til Edwin came up. Katie never had her pay. Now I have told you some of the matters and it is all just as I have written. Read this over careful and write soon. And if you see any flaws in anything let me hear what you think.

In regards to Edwin Jenks he will help settle this matter with a very little cost only what he has to write he will do for us for a very small amount. But Mr. Miller will want all there is. Edwin had over six hundred dollars charged to Mary but he finally cut of some charges. When he saw he could not live. I was glad he did on account of James’s heirs for it would be bad to cheat any of us and add to the Jamesons already vast amount of wealth.

Now George read careful every thing I have penned is strictly true. Good by from your loving sister. Give my regards to all.

Source 071 – Personal Letter by Laura Jenks

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Author: Laura A. Jenks of Dryden, NY
Title: Letter to “Brother” George S. Thomas of North Dorr, MI
Date: 20 January 1908
Curator: Christine Fisher
Note:

1908, 1st m, 20 day (January 20, 1908)
Dryden, NY

George S. Thomas
North Dorr, Mich.

My Dear Brother:
It is some time since I have heard from you and as this settlement is now started I will inform you something about it. The bill against Mary Jane’s estate has been made over by Frank Jameson and Albr. Harvy that they claim is a lawyer. But I guess he was Edwin’s neighbor. Now Mr. Jameson came here and told me he did not know anything about this settlement. He also wrote to Jenks that he supposed by Edwins tell that it was settled long ago (yet Mr. Miller says) he brought this new bill which he swore to in the presence of the judge. His ? bill calls for six hundred dollars besides what Mary willed Edwin. The bill calls for Manley Goodales funeral expenses and Mary Janes and drunken sprees at hotel in Virgil and Marathon. The bill was so large and so many claims that it could not be settled. the 6th of January. it called for a large amount of monument work and mason work that Mr. Jenks done. There is a very willful lie between Jameson and Miller. Now how can this ever be settled without Edwin’s accounts and Mary Jane’s diary. Edmond Jenks wants to see them but they don’t show them. All Mary owed Edwin for was coming to see her in her last illness and for probating her will. He was here 28 days and Jameson wants one hundred & 4 dollars. A dollar a day. There is livery bills and meals to hotels and all kinds of false claims and very little credit.

Mr. Jameson told Miller to settle with out lawing. The claims calls for more than the farm brought. Edmond Jenks told Miller that he must see Mary’s diary and Edds account book before he would allow such a fraudulent account. That made Mr. Miller turn red in his face and he said he would settle. He has got money belonging to the estate that he has never given up.

Now tell me at once which is best to do. Law them or give up all of the money. Let me hear from you. The judge said if it could not be settled there would have to be a referee appointed. And he could have some of these false accounts looked into. Write on receipt of this. Give my love to each one and a good share to your self. From your loving sister,
Laurie A. Jenks

To my dear Brother:
Now George, do you want Jr. Jameson to have pay for Manley’s doctor bill and casket which Mary Jane and Ashur paid 10 years ago. They had two hundred dollars in gold and paid it willingly. some of the gold was Manley’s. This portion of the bill Mr. Jameson swore to is a false statement and now he wants it paid to him over again.

Mr. Jameson’s bill is so large that the items must take a number of thousand words. Understand we have Edwins bill and his name in his own writing and that called for more than he ought to asked. This last move is all a fraud from first to last. It is a disgraceful affair. What I have written is a true state of affairs.