Ree. June k St. Louis, Mo- May 18, 3.868 



Dear Engelmanrr, , 



have 



So you cl ? by now wfthout doubt arrived in Berlin in good : 

 shape, thrown all cares over boar&i and feast on the enjoyraent of 

 culture of the Old Germania. Prora your letter from Nexv York, bit- 

 ten shortly before your departure,, I see, that you did not reeeive myv 

 letter to N.Y.., which had fully 8 days time to make the journeyi which 

 I T regret the more, as it contained 4 photographs of my chilÄren. 

 There were sufficient postage stamps, and the address, which you had 

 given me; but, perhaps, you may have reeeived the letter on the stea- 

 mer shortly before its departure.. 



All! tasks, which you gave me in youfc ast letter, have been 

 carried out., The case of the academyv ( including the the skullte for 

 Berlin) has been shiped a few days ago from here. In a special pack- 

 age,with your address, care of Consul Flügel, Leipzig I enclosed the 

 50 copies of your pamphlet on Juncus. I inserted the supplementär^ 

 extra page in each copy, and packed 10 copies of the süpplement, thus 

 60. The 9 vislting cards have been sent to Philadelphia. At this oc- 

 casion I saw in the Photographie atelier your large picture, you 

 looked so rosy, as if you had just drunk a bottle of "Sauerberger*.. 



The building addition is finished? with exception of the 



Upper porch, on which work goes still om It looks pretty nice. I 

 know nothing about your owi house constructiorr.as I did not get into 

 the neighbourhood* My house, in the country, has finally been fini 1 - 

 shed-, this week I f ll send the furniture down there, and in a week my 

 family willlmove in, .with exception of Fritz, who will have to Visit 

 the school for another month. .1 was down there day before yesterday,, 

 The woods are now a beautiful green and the landscape charming. 

 Mr. Kimm is still very busy with the sale of his land.and can not 

 determine the time of his departure, . but has not abandoned it.. 



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