Rec f d Feb.28 Washington City 



Ans 1 d Mar. 12 February 18, 1848 



Dear Engelmarar, 



This morning I received your letter of the 6th of this 

 month. As I wrote to you only about a week a^ro you will have re- 

 ceived fron that letter already answers to se^eral of your ques- 

 tions. I want to point specially out to you that Prof. Torrey 

 made only 2 notes to your botany manuscript, which I added at 

 the end. Of ray manuscript 5 print-sheets have become finished 

 in the neantime and much has already been typeset, but only a 

 few nasres of the botanical part. Unf ortu^ately , I was nade aware 

 yesterday, that no further work will be forthcoming on ray bro- 

 chure during the next 10 days as more important issues concerning 

 the Oregon negociations have to be printed. It will be thus hardly 

 less than 2 weeks before I will be able to send to you the first 

 sheet of the botanical part. The Ii thonrrapher in Baltiraor too 

 has not kept his promise and will have all the maps not ready 

 before 3 or 4 weeks. Up to now I have not even received copies 

 of the barometric profiles but shall get them during next week 

 and mall a corsy to you immediately. It will be therefor impossible 

 to get away frora here in less than a month. 



Today was aarain a Session of the commi ssion of Claims in 

 the House of Represe^tatives , but my case was not presented.The 

 cbairma^ of the conmittee, with whom I discussed the matter, told 

 me, that helto nresent a report favorable for me, but that it 

 could take another week or two until the matter came before the 

 House. Under these circumstances I am forced to renew my re- 

 quest to seil the said note of $ 50 and, if possible, to add 

 to it another 3 50, and rjjo send to me here a check for $ 100.- 

 How disasrreable must be these new requests, I can imagine. Urfor- 

 tunately my Situation 4s much more disagr^able and poisons nany 



