
          made in the Cooper Institute. I
 would so like to get a place in it.


 I had made arrangements to
 return to San Francisco, but it took 
 so much longer time to cross thro' [through]
 N. Mexico than Parke imagined &
 besides having been attacked rather
 severely by dysentery. I thought 
 it better to come north for the
 winter than to return thro' [through] a 
 warm climate so soon. I
 therefore wrote a declension of the
 California offer, which odd enough
 was in connection with that "mineral"
 - asphalt - it sticks like pitch
 to one.


 I hope to be down 
 in New York in a few weeks 
 at the farthest, when I will
 do myself the pleasure of seeing
 you, & should you have the 
 leisure or feel inclined to 
        