
          objections to having the plates
printed by Endicott and shall
be much pleased to have them
under your eyes. It may however
perhaps be best to make a bargain
with the printer before [?] my
experience thus far in the Smithsonian
leads me to be cautious in dealing
with all workmen. I am
sorry to say that I have found
scarcely any who have very
precise notions of morals in
dealing with the agent of a
public instutuion.

We shall start for the
North if nothing prevents about
the first of Aug. William will
probably go to Princton the
beginning of next week.

We are all well but have
been almost roasted with
the next "done brown" [?]
coagulated and juices dissapated
        