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Buffalo August
the 30,
1849

Sir,

I have known of the difficulty attending your efforts for the last few years in procurring good female figures for the life school, I therefore take the liberty to offer my services in procurring you ours,  For the last few weeks.  I have been drawing & Painting from a women, who's figure is most faultless, she is of the look orphan, but I judge from the conditions in which I find her figure, that she had [[underline]] trained [[/underline]] herself [[spaciously?]] for this [[?]] pose,

I can procure her if you wish it. & I can assure you, she is [[strikethrough]] a person; in whom the school can depend,