Picart. 



Rec. Nov 30 



Paris, Nov. 10th, I858 

 Sir, 



Yesterday I received your letter dated October 16 from St. Louis. I hurry to obey your desires 

 and send you your steel plates. 



When you receive the following you probably will have received your drawings and your 

 proofs. I did what you told me when you left. Mr. Groniand did not give me any further 

 information, when I saw him. 



I have also informed the Secretary of this dispatch, in a letter taken to the Post office at the 

 same time as this one. It has the same address as the box with the steel plates. 



Rebuffat will have finished, as I told you in my letter of Oct. 31 of last year, by mid 

 December. He will send them to you via the same route that I use in case he does not receive 

 any information from you, 



As busy as a correspondent might be, please allow me to tell you that I would appreciate it if 

 you would trust me and have me receive your orders directly; as you know Sir, in this way we 

 could avoid a déplorable waste of time. A straight line is always the shortest. 



I beg you to accept, Sir, the assurances of my dévotion and my perfect considérations. 

 It is an honor to greet you. 



Picart 



translated Manfred Thurmann 



