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cure a good number more. This list is composed of excellent 

 men and all good pay. I have in my pocket upwards of one 

 hundred names, whom I am assured are likely to subscribe. 

 Therefor I will not leave Baltimore for some days to come at 

 least. I forward a copy of this list to Chevalier by the same 

 mail and yet you may as well inquire if he has received it. More 

 numbers I must have as soon as possible as all my subscribers 

 here are anxious about receiving their copies, unfortunately I 

 had only 90 No. 2. I look upon this list as a capital list. I 

 have sent Mr. Ridgley of Annapolis a No. 1 and a prospectus, 

 and expect some names tomorrow evening from that quarter. 



I will remit money to Phila. and let you know how much 

 as soon as I can. The box has arrived here safely and to- 

 morrow or Monday I will deliver Biographies &c. D. Potter 

 is very ill and poor and yet I hope to get his note before I 

 leave here. 



I received a note from dear Jonny dated at Norfolk, all 

 well and going on. I expect they are at this moment at John 

 Bachman's. I am fatigued beyond description and had the 

 misfortune last evening of skinning my shin bones, they bled 

 profusely however, and I hope wiU soon get well, though feel 

 rather sore at this very moment, but I will take care of them. 



The amount of attention which I have received here is quite 

 bewildering, the very streets resound with my name, and I 

 feel quite alarmed and queer as I trudge along. Mess. Mechle, 

 Oldfield and the Brune family have all assisted me in the most 

 kind and brotherly manner, indeed I may say that my success 

 is mostly derived from these excellent persons. 



I have written to Mr. Mifflins. I feel that Theodore An- 

 derson will not live long. Mr. Morris has not yet returned 

 from Annapolis. See that the notice in the Baltimore Patriot 

 which I sent you yesterday is inserted in the Albion, the New 

 York Gazette and if possible in the Courrier and Enquirer. 



I have sent one to Chevalier and another to Dr. Parkman. 

 I ought to have at this moment 300 copies Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, for 

 Washington City and really I think it would be better to stop 

 the publication of the work for one month to effect this. There- 



