Transcribe Tappan, Mrs. A. R. Letter to Ward, Henry A. (1879-01-17)

nwh Janesville Jan 1 17th 1879 Prof. Henry A.. Ward

       Sir
          I take the liberty

though a stranger of addressing a few lines to you in regard to my son a young man who from early childhood has manifested a strong love for Natural History. He has read of your institution and is very anxious to visit it. But having invested considerable means in a Museum here which