Yours of the 27th ultEditorial Note: This letter is not extant. is received. I regret to say that it came too late, as did also a request from Bro Sawyer. I spoke in MilwaukieEditorial Note: Milwaukee, Wisconsin more than a week ago. Had I known that it was displeasing to Bro Sawyer, or that he had exclusive Claims in that City I should have refrained from visiting it.

However I think no harm was done. I talked awhile and left the next morning. and had no antagonistic designs.

Here in Chicago Bro. Sawyer would be welcomed, to lecture any whereCorrected:anywhere and at any time. He once preached for us, at our invitation.

Milwaukie Corrected: Milwaukee is a large city.

I have no means of judging correctly, but would think that there is ample room for two associations if not more.

But I defer to wiser counsellors Corrected: counselors and promise to stay away hereafter.

I think (en passant) the Bro Adams is irredaimableCorrected:irredeemable.

He is to me a marvel of self deceptionCorrected:self-deception or better self mesmerismCorrected:self-mesmerism. He cannot see the error of his course, and I have given him up as a co [?] Unclear or illegible laborer in the Cause of TruthEditorial Note: The cause of Christina Science.