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at Sunberry last Sunday. If I had had a gun I could have shot it. 

 It probably had been wounded some weeks before. It was sitting 

 in the water line when I first saw it about 20 yards off. I threw 

 stones at it & hit near it frequently, but it swam out into the middle 

 of the river. At Sunberry I got a set of the Lead ores worked near 

 there, pieces of which I carried home. Partridges were very plenty 

 along Susquehanna. Heard them whistling the whole time. I would 

 like very much to come down and spend a few days in Washington 

 to see you all. I could go to Baltimore in two days. The walk to 

 Baltimore would not be very hot, but that from Bait, to Washington 

 would. In fact I should prefer going by Harper's Ferry, if I had 

 any way of getting a small trunk to Washington. I could go to 

 Chambersburg in the evening from Chambersburg to Harper's Ferry 

 in the morning, and from there to Washington the next day by the 

 Chesapeake & Ohio Canal tow-path. This would be preferable to 

 [paper torn] other unless I could ride from Baltimore to Washington 

 in the train. The great objection to the Harper's Ferry plan would 

 be that I would come to Washington at night without knowing where 

 to go. 



I went to Harrisburg at the cars at 4 A M this morn. & came 

 back at noon. I went to see Elizabeth Sargeant who is there with 

 Mrs. Espy. The whole family, Mrs Sargeant, Dick Lizzie are 

 going the middle of next month to Foxburg in Clarion Co. By 

 the By if you have any time in the fall it would be delightful for us 

 to walk out there. We could go in 4 or 5 days and they would be 

 delighted to see us. There is any quantity of game of all sorts there. 

 At Harrisburg Post Office this morning I saw a Map of Pennsylvania 

 on a pretty large scale, showing all the post offices with the distances 

 marked. It was made by James H. Burr, Topographer to the Post 

 Office Department Published in 1838 or '39. Could you not get one 

 from the Department for me? Write soon, as you are now two 



letters in Debt & Believe me ... 



Your affectionate Brother 



SPENCER F. BAIRD 



Urged by his brother William to come at his expense, 

 the proposed walk to Washington, doubtless prompted 

 by economy, was soon carried out. On the 2Oth of July 



