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N. S. Townshend,
Ohio State University,
Columbus, Ohio.

Columbus
Sep
8
O.

Prof C. E. Bessey
Ames I.

Columbus Ohio
Sep 7th, 80

Prof. Bessey

Dear Sir

Sometime since
I [?] from Henry [that?] [I?]
[bought?] a [copy?] of your
Botany for High Schools
+ Colleges for attack of
inflamation of the eyes
prevented me at the time
from giving to the work
the prompt + careful
examination which I
desired – I am now able
to say that the book
appears to me to possess
the [more? / sure?] merit of Sach's
text book at one fourth
of the [?], + [to?] be especially
adapted to aid students in
obtaining their knowledge