
          Rec'd. Aug't. [August] 10th


 Mt. St. Marys College Aug 7th 1835


 My Dear Sir


 I need hardly tell you I was very happy 
 on receiving your last friendly letter - your kind offers
 are indeed gratifying and I think it more than probable
 that I shall yet avail myself of your good offices to find
 some situation in your City where I can have two or three
 invitations to lecture to in the manner you suggested.


 Just at this moment I am waiting to hear the result
 of a negotiation [c?ed] by a friend of mine in Balt. [Baltimore]
 which if it succeeds will induct me into a comparatively
 pleasant place. It is to lecture in Nat. Phil. and Chem.
 in connexion [connection] with the Chemical Department of the Maryland
 University & perchance I may have it in my [?] to
 make some bargain with some other of their institutions
 like the one you proposed for New York. In addition
 I made application a few days since to the University
 of Virginia and also to Beaufort College [inserted: S.C.] (a place
 you may never have heard of) where as I am informed
 there are vacancies at present. As soon as I learn

        