
          If there are offshoots that will bear dividing, 
 will you bring a small plant of the 
 climbing (Seton) Rose. Next year, I may 
 propagate some Michigan roses for you. 


 Now let me tell you that the 
 Inauguration is fixed for the 30th inst [instant]
 viz. Thursday the last day of the month. 
 You had best come to N.Y. as early as Tuesday 
 afternoon, pass the night there, and take the 
 Long Island Road on Wednesday, so we shall 
 have an evening previous to the bustle of Thursday.
 The programme is settled, I believe, for the 
 inauguration exercises in the morning, of which 
 the principle [principal] staple will be Everett's speech. 
 Dinner given by the Corporation to officers & guests.
 Illumination from 8 to 9 in the Evening, & a
 full dress Levee after that, but whether 
 the President & family are to receive in Harvard
 Hall, or in their own house is not yet certain. 


 I count upon seeing you.
        