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141 Franklon St., Boston,
Sept. 17, 1891.

My  well beloved friend.

Now for a business letter in answer to your business query. I have no idea  how many letters Miss Gay has had printed. We have had one or two in the Register and I have seen some in the Red Man. I had therefore no definite way of  getting at figures for an estimate. I enclose one of Mr. Savage's sermons which I think are a good shape and a pretty type for any such purpose  as a little collection of letters. You can make your own estimae of what it would cost because you will know what amount of material Miss Gay would have. If you have an edition of five hundred, which I should certainly [[handwritten T in certainly]] have if I were going to have any, it would cost one dollar and a half ($1.50)  a page.  That is to say if you printed only one page and had an edition of five hundred it would cost you  just the dollar and a half.  The sermon has about twenty pages, or I suppose about five thousand words. I should suppose she would certainly have printed enough to make a pamphlet of eighty pages, though perhaps not. In that case the cost would be $ 120.00.

Now as to the value of the letters and the wisdom of reproducing them. I think they are [[handwritten underline]] well [[/handwritten underline]] worth it. I have never [[handwritten ^]] [[seen]] such sharp raps at the agency systems as she gives. And she does it so goodnaturedly too. I think such a pamphlet would sell for twenty-five cents and all good Mohonkers would but them [[handwritten ,]] and for special