Day after tomorrow early Wednesday May 20. by the way ray birth- 



day, if I remember correctly, moving out with the entire caravan.- 



Enclosed you receive the therm ome tri c and barometric observations 



so far, whlch were made und er unfavorable conditions, because I 



could not obtain a room, and did not have handy several necessities, 

 with 



the paper L* the result of our thermometric and barometric compari- 

 sons in St* Louis you will find in my bookcase in the larger section, 

 pretty rauch on top with other sirailar papers. Yesterday I received 

 my luggage and I will be able to make p observations now with nore 

 relaxation.I quit, to leave space for the last oocasion before mal- 

 lins: this letter South. 

 Thursday, May 21 



We are still here. A few mules escaped and caused the delay. 



Tomorrow we will brake campvery early. 

 The 



The last opportunity to mail these lines to (asingle abbrevia- 

 tlom probably meaning St. Louis, E.D. ) and in a hurry. I send you 

 a last farewell and ask you to ß-reet all my friends who nroved to 

 be specially friendly durins* the last days of my stay in St. Louis, 

 the same for your wife in the hope that she will remember me kindly. 



Your sincere friend 

 A, Wislizenus 



(translated from German, script by Edgar Denison, 

 St. Louis, Mo. November 1987) 



