United States, Georgia, Lumpkin County, Dahlonega, 34.53259, -83.98491United States, Georgia, Muscogee County, Columbus, 32.46098, -84.98771Dexter, Amory, 1829-18871867-10-15Letter from Amory Dexter, civil engineer and one-time agent of the Yahoola River and Cane Creek Hydraulic Hose Mining Company, to Colonel Wier Boyd, dated October 15, 1867. Dexter declines to reinvest in the company in spite of Mr. Peck's assertion that things look favorable. He predicts that a meeting just held in Boston will result in the erection of a fine mill. Dexter reports that he and his wife are well, arrived safely ,and have had good weather. He adds that the weather is good for cotton picking, and the crop is coming in fast, but complains that it is hard to get "the negroes" to pick fast enough. Dexter acknowledges good news from the election, but complains that it comes too late.A project of the Digital Library of Georgia in association with the Lumpkin County Library, Chestatee Regional Library System as part of Georgia HomePLACE. This project is supported with federal LSTA funds administered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Georgia Public Library Service, a unit of the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia.text/htmlimage/jpegmka012enghttp://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/Madeleine K. Anthony Collection, box II-1, folder 18., Chestatee Regional Library System, Lumpkin County BranchGold mines and mining--Georgia--DahlonegaCottonCotton picking--Georgia--ColumbusLetter: Columbus, Georgia to Colonel Wier Boyd, [Dahlonega, Georgia], 1867 Oct. 15Text