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agent of the Steamboat "Shelter Island", stating
that there was at her Pier for me 1 barrel
which would be stored at my expense &
risk until I take it away!

The "Shelter Island"'s Pier is away down town
- som 3 or 4 miles from my residence;
& I get the notice too late to send down
today. And what does the notice mean, I
wonder, by saying "1 bbl"? What I or=
=dered was, as you know 2 half barrels.-
At foot it says "Second notice"; but I
never received any other one.-

Altogether, the delay has been such, and the
bother & expense are such, as to teach me a
lesson never to attempt such a thing again.
You may remember that when I last saw
you, I expressed my doubt as to whether, on
its arrival in this City, the Shelter Island
people would send the flour at once up to
my house. They should have done so; but,
as you see, they have, instead, notified me
of its arrival & called on me to send and get
it! - I will send tomorrow tho' it is a very inconvenient thing for me to do; & on receiving it, will send you my check for the $4.88.-

J.D.S.