
          Ansd. Feb. 4th 1834


 Mt. St. Mary's College
 Emmetsburg, MD Jan. 4, 1834


 My Dear sir,


 I have now lying before me
 your last favour dated no longer back than
 Feb. 1833.  Since that time you have been wandering 
 east and I to the west. If you braved
 the angry Atlantic, I encountered the perils
 of the Alleghenies. Having spent a few months
 last summer west of the mountains. I am
 now back again to this meridien once more
 and from present appearances shall remain
 a twelvemonth or so. Which for me you know
 is tarrying a pretty considerable while in one place.
 You very sagely observe it is quite time I settled
 down. Gad zooks! Have I not been 
 trying to find an adhesive spot for this two
 years? And now you advise me it is time to
        