
          Recd. [Received] July 20? 1840.
Ansd. [Answered]

My dear friend

An American merchant offers 
to send a parcel from me to you. I 
gladly embrace the opportunity.

My dear father still lives & 
wonderful to say is a good deal 
revived, but very very feeble, 
quite unable to leave his bed or to 
feed himself.

Your aff. [affectionate] friend 
W.J. Hooker.

Glasgow, May 2, 1840
        