
          I am now en route for a
 little fishing about Brooklyn and
 have some other short excursions
 in view. Shall then go to Phila. [Philadelphia]
 to make some examinations at the 
 Acad [Academy]; I leave early next week in 
 all probability.


 Mrs. B [Baird] is with me at 
 Sing Sing, where Gen. [General] Churchill's family
 is likewise. She is much improved
 by her seashore trip, though still far from
 well.


 Yours truly
 SF [Spencer Fullerton] Baird

        