
          be spared. Should you know of an opening where
 I could be useful I would be very glad to have you
 take such steps in relation to it as circumstance
 may dictate.


 As to my health it is decidedly improved. I
 teach about 5 hours a day ^ [inserted & crossed out: Preach very rarely of couse] - Greek, Conic Sections,
 Chemistry etc. & of necessity spend much time besides
 in study, but I have to be cautious. I rarely preach.


 I shall now close though I hope to have time to
 add a few lines either on this sheet or another
 which will not need any notice from you, unless
 you choose to read them by way of amusement. I
 send you with ^ [inserted: this] more Papaw seeds as I am uncertain
 whether you received the others. I meant to have
 sent the remainder by the same conveyance by
 which I forwarded Dr Meads package but I left
 it with a man in Quincy & it went before I knew
 it. The circumstances in which I am placed [crossed out: ren-]
 are the only apology I can offer for troubling you
 as I do. I would not otherwise so it as I have
 little hopes of repaying all your past Kindness.


 Yours


 I F Holton


 Mr Lucius Kingman who carries 
 this will not be able to call on
 you. If the package is left ^ [inserted: within 10 days - he [underlined: may] stay 20 days.
 at the
 Astor House Care of John Tillson & Kucius Kingman, he will take it
        