Dear Sir,

I feel extremely obliged to your father, for his very handsome offer for the portrait,¹ and if on inspection he thinks £50 too much I shall be willing to reduce it; at the same time I believe it to be valuable not only on account of the work, but being the likeness of a great man, one who lived before his time; and also with its relationship   were I rich, it would have given me great pleasure to have sent it for y^r. Father’s acceptance as a New-Year’s Gift. Be so good as to ask M^r. Myers to see it packed w^h. can be done here, as I shall like to see it snugly packed—² I fancy that it will require varnishing, and then it will look quite new— I think the canvass is in good order.

With many thanks I am, dear Sir, | Your’s very truly | Eliz^th. A: Greaves