
          If they should be considered worthy the
 considerations of the Society

 It would afford me pleasure to
 direct these to your Center

 I have the honour to be respectfully
 your obt [object] servt [servant]

 Egbt [Egbert] B. Birdsall
 Lt 3o  [Third Lieutenant] Infy [Infantry]

 To Doct [Doctor] Torrey
 Patron of the West Point
 Lyceum of Natl [Natural] History
        