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Boston Nov. 24th

Robert Kennicott Esq

Dear Sir

I beg to assure you
that no apologies are necessary for
any application you may be please
to make and to ask you not to
think to apologise for so doing - I
am in your debt and moreover
owe you an apology for not
having written to you long ago to
acknowledge the receipt of the box.
Only I have been so pressed for time
by private business that I have not
even ofered it to see if it was
all safe - if you knew me you
would not ask a favor [illegible] that
I was badly [illegible] for time - I hope
in a few days to get a little respite &
to be able to write to you more
at leisure than I can now do. In
answer to your queries I have to