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1509 Locust St Phila
May 11 1881

Prof C. E. Bessey –
Dear Sir:

I received the pages
of Botanical Notes and
I thank you very much
for your kind notice of
my paper.

I hope to have the
pleasure of seeing you at
the meeting of the A. A. A. S.
next August, if not
earlier.

Very truly yours
[Albert DeS Abbott?]