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Ottawa [July] 8th 1862

Dear Doctor

Your letter has reached
me and is worth more than
$8.60 of itself. There are so few
merry things going in these [sad]
days,but I have lost my
[Nursery] spruce and I want
another, and I want my
friends to remember me and
wish me a happy New Year
So please send me as good
a [Nursery] spruce as possible
Mr [Glorne] wants an Austrian pine
the best you can give him
Mr Geo. C. Cambell our partner
says that he left an order with
you (by letter) which he wishes
you fill in the [spring]