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up the [specc.?] and make
the books – that is does
the binding – I had the
first 60 made in Boston
but besides the inconvenience
of having the work done at
a distance the cost was
too much, so as Mrs. E.
said she would undertake
to make as good a book
as the Boston binder I bought
in N. Y. paper board enough
for the 10 [Cents?]. Mrs. E. can
now make a better book
than at first having had
some practice.

Very Truly Yours
J. B. Ellis

J. B. Ellis – [desidenala?] –
[?] of Pnecimia graminis
Pnecimia solida [?]
Peronospora Halstedii [?]