
          for two or three days before we sail, about the 
 6th or 7th of March. If you are in the city at 
 that time I shall hope to see you. At all 
 events I expect to carry Mr. Frémont a long 
 letter from you. 


 From this Congress Mr. Frémont will not 
 allow any thing to be asked. They have but
 twelve days to live and we hope for a better set. 
 This expedition will do something for geography 
 but the snows are too deep for botanizing.
 I send you the papers which contain as
 much of his letters as answers the kind
 enquiries of his friends.


 Very respectfully yours 
 Jessie Benton Frémont. 


 Dr. John Torrey 
 New York.
        