
          or their [society?] a greater acquisition to the circle
at the point than this gentleman.

Excuse my scrawl, as I am writing in great haste
lest I shd [should] lose the oppy [opportunity of the [present?] mail.

If my last letter have reached you, will you
oblige me by attending to one or two little memoranda
in contains.

In haste
I am My Dear Sir
Yrs [yours] truly

J. Smythe Rogers
        