Field Notebook: New York, Pennsylvania, Washington District of Columbia 1906 - 1908
Page 90
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were writt $77.00. I then asked him if he thought his form owned them when he arrived that he did. I can not understand why this form should be the owner of these items. If they belong to anyone they should go to the R.P.O. 695, in St. John. When the receipt was handed me to sign I refused to do so because of the wording is against to them being the owners of the items. I took this unsigned receipt until one saying had no authority to sign and a receipt. By this time the check was written out for crossed object. This he then printed to Ridgways letter, The fierce-eyed man admitted that they had one money paid them at least one week ago. He's claim for some payment was that he was awaiting an order from the Public Printer when the Public Printer claims to have authority to do with John in this matter. To me it is a clear case of throwing it on the other fellow in the hope that somebody can forget all about it be a clean profit of out of $1035- but also $77.