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Collection Name	Monroe County At War and At Home
Repository	Wylie House Museum
Item ID	WYL-01-0018
Title	Redick M. Wylie, Bloomington, Ind. To Andrew Wylie, Jr.
Creator	Wylie, Redick McKee
Date.Original	1862-07-26
Subject	Monroe County (Ind.) -- History Wylie, Redick McKee (1831 - 1904) -- Correspondence Wylie Family -- Correspondence Bloomington (Ind.) -- History
Description	Discusses an interest in purchasing land from Andrew, Southern sympathizers in the county, and agriculture, including the failure of oats locally.
Item Type	Text
Original Format	Letter
Digital Format	image/jpeg
Language	en
Usage Rights	Digital Image copyright 2010, Trustees of Indiana University. For more information, contact Wylie House Museum.
Ordering Information	The digital image is protected by copyright. For permission to reproduce this image, please contact the Wylie House Museum, 317 E. Second St. Bloomington, IN; www.iub.edu/~libwylie
Digital Date	2010-10-23

Collection Name	Monroe County At War and At Home
Repository	Wylie House Museum
Item ID	WYL-01-0018
Image ID	WYL-01-0018-001
Title	Redick M. Wylie, Bloomington, Ind. To Andrew Wylie, Jr.
Creator	Wylie, Redick McKee
Date.Original	1862-07-26
Subject	Monroe County (Ind.) -- History Wylie, Redick McKee (1831 - 1904) -- Correspondence Wylie Family --Correspondence Bloomington (Ind.) -- History
Description	Discusses an interest in purchasing land from Andrew, Southern sympathizers in the county, and agriculture, including the failure of oats locally.
Transcription	(Answ. Aug 20 proposing to let him have the land at $1000.00), Bloomington, July 26th 1862, Dear Brother, Some time ago, I wrote you to know what you would take for your land (29 1/2 acres). You answered me by telling me that you did not care about selling it, but for me to make you an offer. By the time I received your answer, I had changed my mind, thinking I would run too great a risk in going farther in debt. Am now about out of debt, and am expecting some money which will be due me shortly. Have also just received a check from Prof Wylie for $400, which can send to you as the first payment provided you accept my offer. I will give you $800 for the piece of ground. Think I could pay for it all within a year or as soon as I can get the money. An improved farm within 1/2 mile of my place was sold lately for $30 per acre. Prof Wylie has now settled the 2nd note and has paid $250 on the last note. He has just
Transcriber	Jo Burgess
Item Type	Text
Original Format	Letter
Digital Format	image/jpeg
Language	en
Usage Rights	Digital Image copyright 2010, Trustees of Indiana University. For more information, contact Wylie House Museum.
Ordering Information	The digital image is protected by copyright. For permission to reproduce this image, please contact the Wylie House Museum, 317 E. Second St. Bloomington, IN; www.iub.edu/~libwylie
Digital Date	2010-10-23

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