
          Buffalo, Dec. 13, 1866

Dear Sir:

I can't forget the nice evening 
I had with Miss T., Mr. Bonnard, 
Miss Henry & yourself; and I do 
hope that you will allow me, 
shoud I visit New York this
winter, such another pleasure. 
I fear your amiable daughter 
should think of shaking her head
in the negative. Please assure her
that I am very sensible that somehow, 
contrary to my wont, I got a
talking & talked too much & too
unwisely, and that, if she will overlook
it & let me come, I'll be
very good indeed & be as still
and quiet as I ought to be.

I am about to plunge into
the work of our herbarium-making,
        