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Express Address, 



Bedford Park. 



Freight Address, 



WiLLlAMSBRIDGE. 



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Dear Vr -'tvonport. 



] hnve r' CR'Ved the package of ~'ri-rn ""ho- 

 lo;Tr^".s, safely, and an Vrtr;- mun -oblinHd, bni ] vant you lo tell 

 -ift ivhnhter you rna"! ly m^Hn t?;Ht i shil] ke..y thfiso, for i ^hink 

 -ou ™:st h':vo robbed our o-i oo 11 ctions, as t^.v. j^sone of the^ 

 have note^ on 'h-. back. ] ao no^ -^ nt you to do IMs, as ] kno^v 

 that althou..;h ; ou nay feel that y o" can replace then at any tino, 

 . et you ..ra busy on no re. i-prtant, advance -/ork,ancl 1 do not like 

 to accept such a sacrifice of your time. Of a- 'r-srt we a 'O very yla d 

 to have 'hen, but as the: are -.ostly mextim, J shall not b(. ablo 

 to use then for ny|fe lante.-n slides. ] shall b<: ylad ^o sho^v you 

 ny lantorn si ides, and ^vill ■ end :ou sone prin^-,s o:r -as^'v. 

 ferns as the .^row. ^her^e is a Rev. h.-. hollas at^^Ov^ose, ^ss. 

 ^„^ou na: knoA7 hin^ ^vho ma kos lovely pictures of the forns as they 

 rro^Y.]fro. has sent ne qnitR h number, 'and hr. ^nn(u1y seon-ed a 

 fine on.; of St-uf ior^eris -or ne'^ But ] en linitin^^ nys-^f to the 

 ferns of the E. (J.S.nn-i a'- nakiuf: a popular pauer of it. 

 -r. -illspeugh has pone to v^o'etan for the ..Inter. 3topru=,d here 



on his way. lie ;^o s on ^ho Arnour yacht. ,rid ox-ec^s o colh-ot lots 

 of Pla'its. 



-i-]. kindest,, -e.prds and h st -vishes, fr-om 



