
          May 26th, N [New] York


 Dr. Torrey


 Dear Sir


 Your favor was recd [received] yesterday. 
 I intended to have written you before, 
 as to my removal, &c but had nothing of a particular 
 nature to say and being in daily expectation 
 of seeing you.


 Gov [Governer] Bouck has, I believe given to J.H. Hall
 a contract to do some work hereafter, to be done
 i.e. The Fossils, & an Agricultural report to be
 put together by Emmons but no mention is
 made in his contract of any thing except what
 is in Hall & Emmons hands. You had better
 send to me what drawings you have, and then
 write to him something rather indefinite as
 to what you may have in future, if you
 should have any. I will consider your
 work done that may be in my hands and
 run my own risk of payment, and you
 of course are to know no change till Gov [Governor]
 B. [Bouck] answers your letter, and gives you information
 that you are to send your drawings
 to Hall instead of me. As to "the unrivalled
 artist" in the 'bottanical [botanical]" line he has
 lived for four or five years in this city and
 I never knew that he drew on stone at all. He
 is a hunter of Lions and cats heads and you
 may [illegible] of Hall's confidence in either his

        