Dam . . . . . nation! It’s a good clear report—the expert’s—but did he forget the almost most important thing off all?—whether 50,000 “Sketches” have been sold or not?

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Send him straight back, Charley, (if he forgot to examine the “Sketches” account,) & let him get an absolutely perfect list of sales of all my several books—he needn’t mention the “Sketches,” particularly.

Charley, Osgood contends, I think, that one cent s will cover “boxing & insurance.”

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Did you write Maurice Joyce about selling territory to him? If you didn’t, make him some sort of an answer right away—for I wrote him nothing, depending on you to do it.

You arrange Kaolatype for Boston—what do I know about it? After you two have agreed is the proper time for me to come in & object or ratify as they case may be.

I wish to God I could get a good st pen of the long pattern. I’ll be damned ifⒶemendation I think anyⒶemendation are madeⒶemendation

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