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[Fall?] City Nov 29 1885

C. E. Bessey
Lincoln

Dear Sir:

I have been requested
to ask you to deliver an address
on the evening of Jan 6th 1886
before the farmers institute to be
held at this place from Jan. 5th to 7th
I spoke to you concerning this
matter while you were in [?]
at our teacher's institute in Aug.
and you thought at that time
that you could address the
farmers at [sic.] any time we
should ask you to come down
The Sec. of the association to day
asked me to write you. he
would like an early answer