
          West Point. April 23d 1822

Dear friend,

Capt. Douglass will
tell you all I could write respecting
my garb-doctor business 
here.

Let me know by Capt. D
whether Websters have sent you
any Manuals. They said they
would send as soon as they had
answered their most pressing
orders. But they may want something 
again.

I may go to N. York, possibly
before I return to Troy. But I
want from you the name, size,
character and pieces of books, from
[added: which] I can acquire a pretty competent
        