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as he wrote me he should spend
part of July & August there.
Will it do for me to write to
D. Hoy to ascertain if any of
the birds I wish from his region,
can be obtained in exchange?
Any thing I can do for you
here, will be attented to with
pleasure -

Yours truly
Geo. N Lawrence

Augt. 16^th.

Richfield Springs Otsego Co. N.Y.
I wrote the above just before leaving N.Y.
for this place, but upon reconsidering the mat-
ter, I concluded to bring the letter with me,
& write a P.S. accepting your offer if not
too late when you receive this, which has
been unavoidably delayed. My reason for
changing my mind is, that as no one has a
collection of Eggs in N.Y. that I am aware
of, it seems important that one should be