| Respected Sir | Cleaveland March 20. 1826. |
By the politeness of Dr David Long of this place I am enabled to comply with a request of Gov. Washington in your favour & to forward you some of the seed of the large Cucumber which had been the object of your enquiry—
I returned to this place more than a month [ ] sickness in my family has prevented my earlier att[ ] this subject— Be pleased to accept the good wis[ ]
Leonard Case
MHi.