Jt 0. Hemphill, Esq., 
Charleston, S, C. 
Dear Mr, Hemphill: 
Your favor reached me in due time, and would have been 
replied to before but for the great pressure of business in closing 
up here* I am sorry sickness prevented me from seeing so little 
of you when you ¥/ere here. 
The fossils in the collection in the Mining Building, 
belonging to the State, have been ordered sent from here to the 
Augusta Exposition. I don*t think that Mass' Ben y/ould allow them 
to g© to Washington; if it was in ray power I would gladly com^ply 
with your request. 
Hoping to see you soon, I remain. 
Yours truly, 
