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notes when I have a
little [?] [?]
you on our daily paper
of the 11th 12th 13th & 14th. [We?]
[leave?/have?] you [accss?] to the
[Bot.?] [?] of Iowa [there?]
is a sketch of my beloved
son [?] as to [?].
I will try & give you some
items as to the great work
of his life the original
investigations & microscopical
work & his publishing the
Proceedings of the Acad.
which was done at a fearful
sacrifice of health
& labor & money
but no more now.

I hope the [?] will [?]
his labor for the advancement
of [?] science his life
of permits & [?]