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and still has his office; I have not heard from him since April 12th. Has Fremont 

 returned? Probably he also was caught by the early winter. 



Should it be true that Stuart does not want to have anything to do with me, 

 since this depends on his disposition of the moment, there won't be any opportunity 

 for rae to take any extensive trips to the West.... One can hardly count on any 

 further trips by Nicollet and Fremont since if they wanted, and since the money is 

 there, they »ould already have done so; in any event, the end was probably the 

 Fremont expedition to Arizona.; by the way, that the government Sponsors such 

 expeditions and on the other hand does not support scientific research is certainly 

 not right and is in direct Opposition to the eagerness it shows in establishing 

 institutions, for instance the National Institute. 



Greetings from your friends Mr. and Mrs. Kircher. I shall spend the evening 

 with them. Dr. Engelbach also sends his best greetings. Please let me have a letter 

 from you soon c/o Hoff mann, Beardstown. 



Please give my greetings to Dr. Wislizenus and Brown; I hope that the latter 

 will be married when this letter arrives, I have no doubt about it. 



Please give my best regards to your dear wife and also to Riehl if you have 

 an opportunity. 



Yours, 



Chas. A. Geyer 



