
          Cambridge, Nov. 18th, 1856 


 Dear Dr. 


 Has Sullivant sent
 you a lithograph of himself? 
 If not remind me in your 
 next, and I will send you 
 one if you want it, a very 
 good one. 


 I promised Newberry to 
 have a few plates drawn 
 for him. It is quite out of 
 the question for Sprague 
 to take them up. I dont 
 believe he will ever get thro' [through] 
 the wood-cuts for the Lessons


 So I have got a young 
 Dutchman, named Hochstein 
 from W. [West] New York, 
 to try his hand, and 
 he is going to succeed. 
 His first drawings will
        