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J. E. LAWHEAD, Prosecuting Attorny.
J. M. Swartz, Notary Public
Office of

LAWHEAD & SWARTZ,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.

Newark, O. Oct 6th 1880
[Charles] E. Bessey
Prof. +c State Ag[?] Coll.
Ames Iowa.

My Dear old friend:
Your favor of the 1st
[just] is at hand. I did indeed receive a copy
of your book, it came while I was away from
home. Having spent some weeks in the latter
part of the summer in [P?] and N.J. when
I returned I found your book on my table.

I take this opportunity to do what I ought
to have done sooner, to acknowledge its receipt
and thank you for your kind remembrance
of me. I am ashamed that I did not write
you before, but I thought to examine it thoroughly
and if possible, send you a recommendation
of your work, for so much as it might be worth
to you, I have for some years been intimately
connected with all the educational interests
of this [County] and have much interest in the
(matter)