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all that I can though [seal] I do not know how I will succeed. But if I can get the money by any other meanes I will send it to you. I had the misfortune about two weeks ago to have my Kitchen [underlined] burnt [underlined] with all of tis contents and a fraction of the Tulips Bulbs [underlined] got distroyed with it. It was with great difficulty that my house was saved the Kitchen stood apart from the main building, my loss was something wver 100 dollars which is a very heavy loss for me these hard times.
I have not been able to get any money for you or my old acct. [underlined] and I will have to beg further