Hilgard, Eug. W. 

 1866, April 30th 

 Oxford, Miss. 



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Oxford, ADril 30, 1866. 



Dear Doctor, 



I received your letter dated the 9th of last month^ and thank you for it 



it just so happened that I received the same day a letter from Barksdale, the printer 

 of my Report asking for Hogan's address which I gave him immediately after having read 

 the information you gave me in your letter. Barksdale wrote to him immediately , but as he 

 told me in his latter, he was surprised not ho have received any answer, and asked me 

 to write to Hogan myself. However, if Hogan did not answer him, the contractor, or did 

 not receive his letters, what good would it do if I wrote him? 



Therefore, I can only ask you to tell Hogan at the next opportunity that B. 



wrote him twice, never received answer that B. willhave funds for the 2000 copies 



already bound and that there will be no doubt that within this year some arrangements 

 will be made with regard to fee rest. The difficulty is the so-called "stay law" as well as 

 the almost total destruction of B's through the war; but the Supreme Court will put an 

 and to this law as being unconstitutional and B. is busy raising large quantities of 

 cotton. Therefore, Hogan should just have alittle more patience, if he pleases. 



Public spirited men here have lost almost everything during the war— conf. Bonds 

 don't bring a good price. 



ixxHxiix to study this year the Vitis species in flower as far as my limited time 

 permits. Last fall, I collected a number of fruits and dried them beautifully so that 

 one day some brats ate them as raisins — otherwise you would have received a shipment. 

 As soon as the railroad connections to Columbus will again be established, I shall 

 send you and Theo my last collection from the sea coast, 1859. This contains many 

 Scirpus species and also Nuphar from Pascagoula, theonly species I have seen up to now 

 in Miss., i. e. outside of the bottom where I have not been yet. I am thinking seriously 

 of giving up the state geology and just to become a chemistry proffessor, then I would 

 have more time and considerably less worries. 



Tib prove that I did what you told me with regard to Vitis I am enclosing some 

 labels which were supposed to accompnay my specimens which were eaten. I don* t know 



whether they contain anything new to you in the bottoms there are still more varieties 



as the species described here. 



Adieu, give our friendly greetings to Dora— I hope to visit you this summer, but 

 it seems very improbable. What about the cholera? Between cholera, smallpox, trichomonia- 

 sis and bad drinking water you will probably have enough to do this summer? 



Your faithfull cousin 

 Eug. W. Hilgard. 



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