Transcribe Hartshorn, O. N. Letter to Ward, Henry A. (1873-07-26)

Rev. W.K.Brown, A.M. Proprietor. Mrs. M. McC.Brown, M.L.A. Editor Wallace H. Phelps Publisher OFFICE OF THE ALLIANCE MONITOR AND SOUVENIR Monitor Steam Job and Book Printing House MONITOR BLOCK, COR. MAIN AND FREEDOM STREETS Alliance, O., July 26, 1873 Prof. H. . Ward My Dear Sir

   As soon as I received

yours of late date I sent you Draft of $700.- which I trust you have ere this received. In great haste I write now simply to say that you vmay go on as rapidly as convenient to mount & forward the skins named in your list to me last month, I have not time now to com- pare the price of your list with for- mer stated prices- will send you before long the list of prices. I named to you at Columbus that I was of the impression that the </u "Sloth Bear" > was in the list of first lot paid for please look. I have been so busy with Commencement Exercises this week that I can attend to but little else. I am sorry that those Boxes of Specimens did not