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But now for the Draft at the top of this leaf. One Colman,* a
kind of Agricultural Missionary, much in vogue here at present,
has given it me; it is Emerson's, the net produce hitherto (all
but two cents) of _Emerson's Essays._ I enclose farther the
Bookseller's hieroglyph papers; unintelligible as all such are;
but sent over to you for scrutiny by the expert. I gather only
that there are some Five Hundred and odd of the dear-priced
edition sold, some Two Hundred and odd still to sell, which the
Bookseller says are (in spite of pirates) slowly selling; and
that the half profit upon the whole adventure up to this date has
been L24 15s. 11d. sterling,--equal, as I am taught, at $4.88 per
pound sterling, to $121.02, for which, all but the cents, here is
a draft on Boston, payable at sight. Pray have yourself
straightway _paid;_ that if there be any mistake or delay I may
rectify it while time yet is.--I add, for the intelligence of the
Bookseller-Papers, that Fraser, with whom the bargain originally
stood, was succeeded by Nickerson; these are the names of the
parties.


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