
          Smithsonian Institution
Nov 13th 1849

My Dear Dr

I will call on Mr
[Clayton?] this morning to ascertain
what can be done in
relation to the naturalists
of the Mexican Boundary, though
I fear that just now he is so
much occupied with the
preparation of his Report that
he will not be able to give
the subject much attention

The books you mention
we will take for the library
of the Smithsonian though
we cannot pay for them
until the next year. The
appropriation for this has
been exhausted

(over)
        