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Washington City, Jan. 9, 1840
Received of J.G. Chapman, one small parcel directed to E.L. Carey Esq: Philadelphia marked [[image: square sitting on one of its corners, with monogram: letters are JGC]]
[[written in different hand]] Balto. of A. Crawford
[[??]] [[/written in different hand]] 

E.L. Carey Esq.
Dear Sir
By the above you will perceive that the design you desired me to make for you is on its way, and as it went off this afternoon it will probably be in Phila: as soon as this--
I had completed very, nearly, the design I intended for you "[[underline]] The Shipwreck [[/underline]]" when accident threw the "Boy on a sled" in my way.--Today, when I was about to pack one off