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to Bessey 23-[?]-1880

You ask if I received
sufficient [?]
encouragement to make
it certain that I shall finish
up the 10 [Cents.?]

I find the expense is considerable
+ much time is required
but it is paying
me as well as I expected
so that I think there is no
doubt I shall be able
to finish the 10 [Cents?]—of
I [live?]—I am favorably
situated for such an
undertaking for this is
a wonderfully rich locality
for fungi – and living here as I do my expenses
are small. Even as it
is however I could not do
it were it not for my
wife who helps me put