
          Smithsonian Instution
Jany 4th 1856

My dear friend

You very kind and acceptable
letter of last week was duly received
and I now embrace the first
moment of leisure, since I obtained
the required information,
to reply.

I called on Capt. Humphries
on New Years day and gave him
an account of your labours in
regard to the Report on the Botany
of the Rail-Road survey. He said
there would, in his opinion, be
no difficulty in getting a proper
sum allowed provided you
made out an account and
        