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[[preprinted]] 
CHARLES SCRIBNER.  
ANDREW C. ARMSTRONG. 
 
CHARLES SCRIBNER & CO.
Publishers and Booksellers,
BROOKS'BUILDING, 124 GRAND STREET, CORNER BROADWAY,
New York, ˆ[[Febry 22]] 186ˆ[[6]] 
[[/preprinted]]

My Dear Friend

Some days ago I wrote you a very familiar letter taking the same liberty in writing that I w'd do here in talking with you — perhaps I sh'd not have done so & as I have not rec'd an answer — I write again to know why!  

You know