1858-01-13 Otis Statue: Louisa W. Crawford to Jacob Bigelow (page 2)

Should no vessel be "up"
for Boston is it your pleasure
that the shipment be made
to New York & thence to Boston,
or would you prefer waiting
the sailing of some bark
more direct?

Never having seen the
contract for the works, I am
in some degree ignorant of
the points agreed upon, such
for instance as those agreed
upon concerning the insurance
charges for freight etc. Whether
the corporation of Mt Auburn
meet those expenses or if they
are to be defrayed by Mr
Crawford's estate. I should
feel much obliged by any
information from you on
the subject. The contract
if there was one drawn &
signed is inaccessible to me,

being in Rome.

I thank you sincerely for
the expressions of sympathy con-
tained in yr note to Dr
Howe. The sympathy of my
husband's friends must ever
be, to me, invaluable even
though it reminds me of
the bitterness of the loss.

I am dear Sir
very truly yrs
Louisa W. Crawford

My address is. "Care of A. Mail-
liard Esq.
Bordentown.
N.J."