Transcribe Andrews, George P. Letter to Ward, Henry A. (1874-09-22)

says, & we believe it.

       As to Colossochelys we

must wait & pay for what we have already bargained for, before we invest further but we certainly would be very glad to have him or else some large stuffed mammal for the fourth corner. We have our two thousand dollars pledged, but quite an amount of it is of next year but we expect to be able to meet our first payment within a few days at least of the time specified

       I shall certainly do my very

best to guard against any perversion of funds, as you say. Mr Stearns is equally decided with myself - only doing what we have