
          By all means make a memoir of [?] Gen. & [?], for
 Henry, & so get pay for the drawings as well as the
 text. Put Fremontia there if you like.


 If you give [Batis?] to us we will give you a plate.
 But as it is a complex structure, write out the text of your
 article with full descr. & send on when you send your spec.
 & sketches for Sprague, it will be so much easier than to
 make a proper drawing of the analysis you need.


 Carey will be coming soon I trust & Wiley frequently has
 parcel for me so put what you have for me in Grants
 hands.


 [in large parentheses: Jane is away, with her father, who has a sad time.
 She was ready to come up at once if Mrs. T. came. I shall tell
 her that her visit is postponed till Oct., which is all the better, as
 she will then be settled, I trust, and can do the [?] all the better.
 I hope you will come too, & Herbert certainly, & one of the girls.]


 Wiley's book keep keeper says that he finds a credit of
 $78.95 in July 1842, which he concludes was to match the
 "surgical instruments. Being paid, if was off my mind, & now
 I can recall nothing of it, if it was not your mirrors. However
 that may be, you are clear from it. He notifies
 me that he will draw on me for the amount of my [crossed out: bill]-
 account as now made up, on Monday next, which I
 must meet, & thereafter keep only cash accounts  & settle every
 6 months.


 I am now very hard pressed for money.


 I have to pay Monday. Wiley _  $135.
 Paper bill for Genera overdue_ 120.
 and at the end of Sept- Printer - 210.
 while other bills will nearly absorb my quarters salary.
 & I have to advance to Sprague, to pay interest on a note of
 $400 I gave last winter , on George's account & my own.
 Also I owe Endicott in New York $100 - which
 should have been paid 6 months ago. I had hoped for an
 instalment from Expl. Exped. in [November?], But now Isuppose I shall

        