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Ann Arbor Mich.
Dec. 31, '85, [?]2362.

Prof. Bessey;

Dear Sir:– Suppose you
received a letter from Sec. of [?] Clubs Prof. Arthur,
and so no explanation is necessary
as to what my purpose is in writing
you.

Prof. Spalding thinks it best
for me to write the Congressman
of our [?]. in Iowa who is the
Hon. J. B. Shearer, formerly the Greenback
candidate for Pres.

I think him an excellent man if he
is a Greenbacker, andw ill surely give
his hearty support to the cause.

I write to you for [?] concerning
plant disease in Neb.

I am looking especially for [?]
of the damage done the crops in the