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Chicago Ill July 25^th 56

My good Friend Bob.

Enclosed I send you
an account of "a monster". What do
you think of it? -
Did you receive the Box from Mr Lapham? -
he has been in the south part of this state
for two week - -

I hope you will helps us by
sending some Natural History copy
by "Frank"

The weather has become so
warm that I suppose the Nat History.
Society has been laid in the shade
till fall, I have not been able to hear
any thing from it for some time, how
would it do to make inquiry in our
paper for the lost Natural History -
Association of the State of Ill.? - -

In haste as ever
Your friend
W. F. M. Arny

Tell Charlie I hope he will hurry on his abstract
of the Report of the N W Fruit growers association.