Transcribe Ward, Henry A. Letter to Judd, Orange. (1870-07-11)

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the expense of such a cabinet as I offer you is not great.
I can give you the fullest choice of everything in my book (leaving
out only unnecessary duplicates) for $2,600. plus the cast of my
^walk in^ mounting them on pedestals (furnished me at Middletown) which
would be $6oo. more. This collection would number </u 1000 > specimens,
ranging in size from the [Megathim Glyptodon] Mastodon & c,
down to shells, crinoids & Sea Urchins. It would be the best
thing of this Kind which I have done or can do, and would
</s give you > present - with the aid of your fine hall - one of the grandest
cabinet displays in America. This is the series which you
ought to have in order to fill your cabinet room with </s material  >
a Geolog. Cabinet worthy of its ^spacious </s grandness > area. ^ but
  I also enclose a list of
a smaller series which I can furnish for </u $1,500. plus the
expense of mounting. This includes all the largest species
included in other plans, but the number of specimens is only
200, and would occupy about 3/5 the space of previous
series. It is less valuable educationaly, although it makes
^more than this probably^  </s a nearly hybrid > display, I mail you or (bond) M. S. S. catalogue
of one of my Geological Cabinets, in order that you may see
the photographs of </s the > a few of these casts which it [conting]
(Please ^ when through with ^ </s hand > this book to ^hand it to ^Prof. Rice who will send it me.)
I should like </u much > to have so fine a field in which to work
- one when all would so conspire to an excellent result - as is,
your great Hall. I should be proud of it, and I believe frankly
that you all would. I can - with my man - do this work of which
I have spoken in about 3 months time of warm weather, or 4
months of cold. But I leave his matter, Mr. Judd, to your con-
sideration, believing that even if you do not favor it at present
you will still not be sorry to have them had it presented.
If you do favor it and would like to arrange detail or hear
further explanation please write or telegraph me and
I will come to Middletown. Awaiting your answer;
I remain, Sir, Yours very respectfully,
Henry A. Ward.
[YBG]

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 I also enclose a list of

a smaller series which I can furnish for </u $1,500. plus the expense of mounting. This includes all the largest species included in other plans, but the number of specimens is only 200, and would occupy about 3/5 the space of previous series. It is less valuable educationaly, although it makes ^more than this probably^ </s a nearly hybrid > display, I mail you or (bond) M. S. S. catalogue of one of my Geological Cabinets, in order that you may see the photographs of </s the > a few of these casts which it [conting] (Please ^ when through with ^ </s hand > this book to ^hand it to ^Prof. Rice who will send it me.) I should like </u much > to have so fine a field in which to work - one when all would so conspire to an excellent result - as is, your great Hall. I should be proud of it, and I believe frankly that you all would. I can - with my man - do this work of which I have spoken in about 3 months time of warm weather, or 4 months of cold. But I leave his matter, Mr. Judd, to your con- sideration, believing that even if you do not favor it at present you will still not be sorry to have them had it presented. If you do favor it and would like to arrange detail or hear further explanation please write or telegraph me and I will come to Middletown. Awaiting your answer; I remain, Sir, Yours very respectfully, Henry A. Ward. [YBG]