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your good st[?] accomodation at lowest possible
rates & often get back the agents commision.

My wifes brother – Mr. Williams remains here
in New York [?] [?] I am gone & he will be
only to happy to look after any thing of the
kind for you.

Give my kind regards to Mrs. Bessey [?] [?]
in the best of health – & tell her how pleased
we shall be to see you both if you can cross
the ocean — you [?] I hope [we?] [?] [?] [?]
can be I had the pleasure of looking over your
book a few days ago at the Office of "Science"
in this city so [?] it is published – the
corn stalk you kindly sent me – I took
to England & spent much time over it but
in the [?] [?] [?] up – it lacked
the elasticity of "cork" & so came [?]
me.

[?] [?]
with much [esteem?]
Yours very faithfully
Henry Hemingway —