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The Acad. hold a memorial
[?] Jan 3rd or 6th. I
dont know which if
you could [write something?]
for that occasion it
would be very acceptable,
no doubt. His works stance
his [?]
monument – but the
great work of his life is
still in M. S. S. & I
hardly know how to
handle it. —

Yours in deepest
affliction
[W.? L.?] D. Putnam

Prof. Bessey –
Ames –