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[[circled]] 702 [[/circled]]
[[stamped]] JUL 24 1924 [[/stamped]]

For Prize Contest

[[preprinted letterhead]] Maple Manor Farm 
ALVIN F. SHAVER, PROP. 
HARPERSFIELD, - NEW YORK [[/preprinted letterhead]]

July 21, 1924.

W. Atlee Burpee Co.
Philadelphia Pa.

Gentlemen: - Burpee's Seeds are old friends of mine. Through use of them I have gained much pleasure and happiness.
   Living on a farm where the hours of work are many and those of recreation few, I have learned to derive pleasure from a vegetable garden and a flower-bed.
   When on a cold wintry morning Burpee's Seed Catalogue comes in with the mail I feel the same thrill of anticipation as when I see the first jolly robin perched

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@siobhanleachman:- I've received a reply from TC via twitter @transcribesi about this issue. They say "YES put No./Date at top or bottom (sep from txt) - AAG wants this text searchable BUT we also want coherence of letter"