July 24/09.
Mr. Lorenzo Benedict,
Worcester Salt Company,
168 Duane Street, City.
My dear Mr. Benedict:
I am in receipt of a letter this morning from Mr. Woodruff in which he said that he had received your letter of July 16th, in which you say that you are going to entertain the jobbers' salesmen of Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont at Portland on Saturday and Sunday, September 11th and 12th and inquiring if Mr. Woodruff can spend either Saturday or Sunday with them.
Mr. Woodruff is under the impression that the State Fair will be held on these dates. If so, he can probably arrange to go from Syracuse right through to Portland. He wanted me to tell you that he would certainly arrange it if he could. Mr. Woodruff is to be in the City on August second just for a day. You ask if you may sign his name to the subscription list for the stock that is due his under the terms of the syndicate agreement. Mr. Woodruff in his letter to me did not say anything about this; but it will be all right, I am sure, for you to sign its name to the subscription list for the stock.
Yours very truly,
Secretary.
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