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Monsey for one of two days & then pack my trunk with blankets &c, as I said, and my easel for Woodstock at Yonkers. 

If you can send me a small sketch before I leave (that is, right away) I should like it very much. I had set my mind on it & felt disapointed [[disappointed]] that it never came.

I know you may not have very [[strikethrough]] thing [[/strikethrough]] much since the fire and it is probably inconsiderate to ask it, only I thought I would say that I should like anything - not one of your best. 

Received a letter from Alfred to-day. He is in a blacksmith's shop again, in Pearl River where he boards & comes