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4813 Regent Street
April 1 - 1898

Dear Miss Fletcher,

I was very glad to hear from you and to receive your offer of help in the matter of the payment of these loans. If it were not that I do want to try and help a little, I would have dropped this disagreeable work long ago. It is no easy task to me who never visits the Indian on his own territory, to know when and where to place confidence.

With regard to that loan to Dr Susan I made it after deliberate consultation with one of the Vice Presidents of our Phil [[?]]. We never dreamed that she would be delinquent and as she had been so well known and so civilized, and begged for the money so hard, we thought we could oblige her. I have written to her till I am tired, and it makes me discouraged when one so priviledged as she has been, fails to do what she promised.

Hoping to hear from you again — Sincerely yours
[[signature]] L. M. [[?]] [[/signature]]