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an urgent necessity, unless I should lose without neaning eve- 

 rythlng which has oaccured so far, to raake a forced loan of $ 100« 

 I have no idea so far, who the light-hearted person will be who 

 will loan me this sum upon my honest physiognomy. But that I know f 

 that I have unlimited confidence in you, not that you loan me the 

 raoney, but that you will find the man who will loan the sum to me # . 

 Mr. Gormier offered me at the time I loaned the renown $ 200, from 

 which I payed my debts in the beginning in St. Louis, a larger sum 

 if I needed it. Should he be in St. Louis, he would be just as 

 Willing noW as then.If not, I bei ive, that N. W.Lung,partner of Brö^fi, 

 would agree to it. For this case I enclose several lines. Mr. Angel- 

 roda, Sch and others here are very well known. I plead with 



you earnestly, that you make the efforts as soon as you receive 

 this letter, as I obviously do not want the money tSPent through v the 

 mail, but a draft, which can be drawn here against you as soon as 

 I get the opportun! ty. In the wortft case I am convinced, that your 

 own credit is sufficient to raise the sum, and in the very worflFt 

 case, if I should return t& St. Louis without having attained any- 

 thing, I know what I must do, namely to sit on my behind and work 

 like a slave to pay off my debts. 



Finally some specialties of Prof. *|orrey,whom I visited in 

 N.Y. .and who wanted to come to Washington^ this week. He examlned 

 Emory's plants from Gila. They are in the majori ty much different 

 from mine 



kept or exchanged 

 Dr. Le Gomte has^the (cannot decir^her, may read tri- 



lobites ? E.D. ) which I brought for him and will write to you for 



this reason. 



I received a number of lettres of recommendation from Lord 

 Erg in St. Louis. If you should see him, please convey my prelimi- 

 nary thanks to him. As my trip from New York to Washington only 



