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an anxiety to have the things all returned before the [close?] of the season _ and on this account I thought best to send off what was ready, and in order.

It is to be hoped, that no serious misfortune will happen to them, on Miss Dix account, if from no other _ The disappointment has already been very great to her _

When the articles arrive with you _ I will feel obliged for a few lines of announcement.

And I am
Sir
Yours Very Truly
Marshall Lefferts

[address at bottom left]
Hon H. Bell
Chair.n of the Board of Works
Halifax