My dear Sir

I believe I can tell you accurately everything which passed between us about the estimate.— M^r Edwards originally gave me a written estimate, rather lower than the rate in your printed papers & which I showed you, & you liberally said that you thought the Co^y would be bound by this;² but I on the other hand said I did not think your co^y was so bound, & I accepted the printed estimate; with the exception that as my plates are none of them deeper than 7 inches, whereas 3 of them were longer (viz one 11$\frac{1}{4}$ long, another 6$\frac{3}{4}$ & another 6 long,) I it not seem to me fair to charge me by the scale in your printed paper, in which depth increases together with the length & you agreed July to this & said there s^hd be a fair reduction. And thus the affair was left.—

I wrote yesterday to M^r Murray & asked him to inform me at once what your precise charge, for 1000 copies of all 7 Plates would be; so that I might correspond with the translators & learn from them how many copies they would require;³ I suggested to M^r Murray to undertake supplying the foreigners with these copies; but securing in every case payment for them before they were sent away; & I told him that from all you have said to me I supposed that you w^d allow us some [small] discount.