I am going to send this design to you. Ⓐemendation by this mail. It is for the back & side of my new book. Take perfect care of it, & don’t let it get injured. Put your very best artist on it (if you aint afraid to tackle it), take note of the time it takes him, & have him make the best job he can of it. When done, make a m Kaolatype cast from it, then go up to Chelsea & have it cast in iron. (But see Osgood, first, & have it cast in brass or iron, as he shall prefer.) Put her through as quickly as first-class work will permit.

But if you darsn’t undertake the thing, ship the design to

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