Transcribe Hornaday, W. T. Letter to Ward, Henry A. (1880-07-17)

nwh 19 Rowley St. Rochester N. Y. July 17th 1880 Dear Prof Ward:

       Being very anxious to know

the outcome of the negotiations with Bickmore concerning the orango I write to inquire. I know you are cusy with important business letters, but scratch me a line on the fly-leaf of a book sometime when you are riding along in a street car or waiting for some man who is not up to time. Are the orangs to go or not to go? that is the question. If they are to go, hadn't I better pitch right in with a man to help me & get the group all ready? It will take a long time,/u> yet to put in all those leaves, wire the twigs, and so on.

       Were you in earnest when you said

you would give me a letter of reeommenda tion which would help me in getting another situation? If so, please write it now, while you are away, some day just after a good dinner and a glass of something, for when you get back here ten days hence you ? havve a minutes time to devote to