Transcribe Murray, David. Letter to Ward, Henry A. (1876-08-14)

Bryn Maur, Penn. Aug 14th 1876 Professor H. A. Ward, Dear Sir,

     I made several ef=

forts to see you at your last visit to the Centennial. By my accidental failure to keep my own appointment I suppose I did not succeed.

    I desire to close up the 

negotiation in regard to the natural history collections. Be= fore doing so I wish you would furnish me in wri= ting a proposal as to what you can supply for $3000. To