From Dr. A. W. Hoffman 7. 12. P.
Prof = = Chemistry
Royal College Chemistry
£7012
Dear Sir
I have great pleasure in expressing
The high opinion entertained
regarding your Chemical acquirements.
Many years ago, when a student in the Laboratory of the Royal
College of Chemistry you distinguished yourself
by your zeal and diligence
and by the neatness and success of your analytical operations.
I have never lost sight of you since that period and I know that your time has been most usefully employed &
in a variety of Chemical pursuits, which must have eminently prepared
you for the office you now seek.
Dear Sir
Yours very sincerely
(Signed) A. W. Hofman
To A. Manning Esqr