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[in other handwriting: 612]
Office of the Michigan State
Agricultural Society
Detroit July 27th 1855
Doct. J.A. Kennicott
Cor. Sec. Ill. State Agl. Soc
Dear Sir
Your very acceptable
note of the 26th inst. is received.
I accept your invitation to be present
at your State Fair and intend to
be there if possible. I would like to
attend the the state fair in Ohio also
but will not be able to leave home
at that time. It would be exceedingly
gratifying to me to join your Rail
Road excursion and in compliance
with your request I send you the
following names, viz:
Andrew Y. Moore, Schoolcraft, Kalamazoo Co.}
President Mich. State Agricult. Soc.}
J.C. Holmes – Secty – Detroit.
James Dougall – Post Office at Detroit
Sirus Cone, of Troy, Mich.}
Mr. Cone is one of our best farmers}
Saml. M. Bartlett, LaSalle, Monroe Co.
Mr Bartlett is a prominent man here,