Rec'd Jan 18 Washington Jan« ll, f 56 



A'd Feb.ll 



Most esteemed Friend: 



In sendinsr you ny sincerest wishes for the New Year 

 by letter I regret not being able to to provide a visible proof 

 of my esteem and friendship. I have a few little thin.s;s for you 

 in petto and shall perhaps Visit you in the near future, if not 

 earlier then possibly in April.- Here all progresses on the in- 

 direct and insecure path as brought on by the political mix-ups.. 

 I sret the best and most satisfactory news from my wife in Ger- 

 nany, and she wants to be remembered cordially to Madame Engel- 

 mann wishing blessings and well-being in the New Year. I have 



very little to say about the progress of our work in our 



as a calm ha,s appeared. Our reports have long ago been forwarded 

 and we look forward to their| resurrection from the coffin of the 

 Public printers. But we are all horrified by a feeling of cata- 

 strophy.- I enclose a draft for $ 50.- for my brother-in-law , , 

 Ernst Kiesenwetter, who is such a poor correspondent , that I must 

 ask you to have him sign the attached receipt, which you will 

 have the kindness to mail to me in the post. With this letter I 

 have written to him, so that Kiesenwetter will announce himself 

 Dronto at your home. If he does not do so, please annouce the 

 dra^t to him by City-post. Eis address is E. Kiesenwetter , St. 

 Louis, Mo. Exouse these short lines this time. 



Yours most obe dient 



F.W.Egloff stein 



(translated from German scrit>t by Edgar Denison, 

 St. Louis, Mo. October 1987) 



