282 John Bacliman. 



To VICTOR AUDUBON: 



JULY, 1852. 



Your box arrived safely, and your two proofs 

 came together, I return the latter ; they were so 

 carefully print ed that there was not a word to cor- 

 rect. 



P has gone to the Virginia Springs. I have 



reason to believe that he is good pay, and that you 

 may confidently depend on him. He makes a good 

 deal of money by his law practice, but his wife is 

 always pulling out the plug from the bung-hole. 



I have not troubled my head much about politics ; 

 but I cannot swallow Scott. I go with South Caro- 

 lina for Pierce ; Taylor humbugged us so much that 

 I mean to trust no more Seward Whigs. 



My daughters, Harriet and Lynch, brought their 

 babies to church yesterday, and they were baptized. 

 All join me in love to your mother and to John, 

 and to my little saddle-bridle racers. * * : J. B. 



