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satisfy your Committee in regard
to my skill & attainments as an
Architect -- I may & I hope will{underlined} have
a tendency to bias them in my
favor --

I regret exceedingly my
inability to meet them in Wednesday
next -- the more so as there are many
points about my plans which I
feared might be overlooked without
a personal explanation -- but as I
am persuaded each design will meet
with due consideration I feel perfectly
safe in your hands --

Allow me to remain

Gent'm,

Your Mo obed't serv't

E. G. Lind

{written upside down at bottom:
Letter from E. G. Lind
Oct. 6. 1860}