Transcribe Allen, Frank H. Letter to Ward, Henry A. (1883-07-23)

nwh July 23d 188</em 3- Dear Sir -

       I am in receipt today of a letter from ^a man^

in South Florida (Indian River) asking me to dis- pose of a skeleton of the manatee which he has procured lately _ I sat lately because I left his house the last of March and he hadn't it then -

       Can you make any use of it at a fair

price and if so what would you consider a fair Price? I have no personal interest in the matter but write to assist him, he having helped in many ways to make my several visits to the Indian River pleasanter than they otherwise would have been _ Respectfully Frank H. Allen