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02171 Martinez, Cal U.S.A. Nov 1, 1896 Chas Notman Esq My dear Sir Yrs of Oct 16 with purchase in favor of our grandfathers
trustees came duly to hand day I telegraphed to my Sister Anne asking her whether she had received the 25 pounds interest
on the RR shares due last August in reply received the same day she said that she had received the 25 pounds less expenses
etc., But my brother David who for more than thirty years was a merchant in Portage who cashed all the interest drafts sent
by Mr Combs tells me that all these drafts were six mos old when they were forwarded to our mother, that he (Mr Combs) always
drew six mos interest before he forwarded the draft for the preceding six mos therefore it is probable that although he sent
my sister 25 pds last August, this was not the interest due at that time, but the interest for the preceding six months, that
he still holds the last Aug. interest. I am provoked disgusted with the mean whining begging unmanly letters he wrote to my
sister Anne myself in wh he makes no mention of the 280 pounds he has already received for her services when this news of
grandfathers death reached us in Wisconsin, through only a small boy at the time I distinctly remember hearing my mother father
saying that Mr Combe ought to have some compensation for his trouble no doubt this one percent semiannually was allowed agreed
on between them Mr Combe so this is all right as far as I know, but the begging part of the business for further compensation
is all wrong as far as I am concerned will be treated with the contempt it deserves