
          I have not been able to trace the
 whereabouts of the sketch which I am
 very anxious to recover. I have never
 had it engraved nor has any description
 of it been published further than what
 you will see in the Report I send 
 you with this on the Rail Road question
 instance pages 57.58. unless you have
 done so. It was always my intention
 to have it handsomely engraved together
 with the other plants, such as you and
 Mr. Thurber might select, but owing
 to the failure of the original company
 for which I went out, and the unfortunate
 liabilities to which I was subjected, caused
 the delay in doing so. The new company
 to which I made my report are just now
 in a prosperous condition, and in a few
 days I shall have my matters with
 it settled, which will place me I hope
 in a condition to meet any expenses
 of publishing those plants in a 

        