Letter from Samuel B. Reed to Jennie Reed, January 17, 1866

In this letter from January 17, 1866, Samuel Reed writes to his wife describing the quietness of the office since the "notables" of the Union Pacific, who had been there observing construction and planning, have "left for the east."

Omaha, NE
January 17, 1866

T. C. Durant, George Francis Train, Col. Seymore, Col. Dey and other notables have just left for the east and for the first time since I have been here the office is quiet. It will seem lonely here after so much excitement. Everybody seems to have obtained furloughs but a few that cannot be dispensed with. Most of the work on the second hundred miles has been let. Mr. Boyle accepted my offer this morning for the last twenty miles.