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       Why I write is to say

to you that I have over fifty

dollars raised to repor

duce [reproduce] "The Brotherhood of Thieves".

  I have no doubt the money

can and will be raised to

complete the Enterprise.

I have estimates made and

am told that a thousand cop

ies [copies] handsomely done can be

had for about seventy dollars.

   My idea is to have as

near a facsimile of the

[?] stereotype Editions

as possible. And it will be

the twenty first thousand.

    I think those who sub

scribe [subscribe] the money should all

be furnished copies at the

rate of five copies for every

dollar subscribed and paid.

The retail price to purchasers be

ing [being] twenty five cents.