
          Mss. [Manuscript] should pass through my hands, after you had done 
with it, before going into the hands of the Printer; and that 
you, if you would agree to it, should correct the 1st [first] 
Proof. and that the 2d [second] one should come to me, and 
perhaps after that be looked over by you; but Drayton 
will talk the matter over with you: for my own 
part, I do not wish to approach Captn [Captain] Wilkes 
again on the subject, for as you know full well my 
dear Sir, we all are men, and we all have got 
feelings to be respected;

Since the late change in our Administration, I have 
not seen Dr [Doctor] Bigelow, who is going out on 
Boundry [Boundary] Commission. I fear he is not much of 
a Botanist, but I may be mistaken.

Now, and for these last few days I have felt 
quite unwell; having exposed myself perhaps too 
much to the hot sun.

Tender my kind regards to your family, and believe 
me my dear Sir

To remain

Yours very respectfully

Wm [William] D. Brackenridge
        