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Reuben M. Potter to McArdle, June 6, 1881
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an article of his in the Colorado Cit-
izen commenting indignantly on two
out-pourings of Trash on the history of
Texas, which appeared on the 12th of
March & 9th of April in the Phila-
delphia Weekly Times. The writer evi-
dently assumed more ignorance than he was
gifted with, and must have written on a
bet that he could palm off his rubbish on
a respectable Journal. Though it does
not really merit notice I to-day
sent a communication to the Times pro-
testing against the toleration of such
slander. Whether my remarks will see the
light or not, I can not say.
With love to the boy & kind regards to his
mother I am most truly yours
R. M. Potter
P.S. — I am sorry to hear of your poor
health, but am pleased to learn that
the boy is brisk and full of vim. My
own health is good with the exception
of lameness, which however does
not disable me from tolerably long
tramps. My household however
has been visited. My wife on the
22d of March submitted to a sur-
gical operation for cancer of the
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Reuben M. Potter to McArdle, June 6, 1881, The McArdle Notebooks, Archives and Information Services Division, Texas State Library and Archives Commission.