
          have now till January. [?] I am a good deal
 nervous. I had hoped to get along without troubling you
 for more than the interest on your notes of $700 which I hold.
 but if it should happen that you have within your reach a
 portion of the principal that you can spare, it would be a
 great relief to me. Sprague insists on building a house, or
 else he will not stay here. I become responsible for raising
 the money for him, besides aall my own pecuniary liabilities.


 Enough of this tell me frankly how you are off,-
 & whether you can help me, but if you cant, dont worry
 yourself about it.


 Yours affectionately


 A. Gray


 [upside-down lower on the page: I will dry you good
 specimens of the [Abutilon?]
 & the Malva borealis, etc.]

        