
          can be much improved and Mr Brown
is disposed to recieve any suggestion
which may tend to this end. I think him
a better man for the place than any
other who has occupied it since I came
to Washington and that any change which
might be produced would be for the
worse. [?] he removed some [mere?]
politician would be put in who would
probably injure science  [added: &] seek merely to advance
his own interest.

I have just returned from Albany
after an absence of half a month. My
visit was any thing but agreeable. I
was taken sick with an affection of
my bowels shortly after my arrival
and was confined to the house nearly
the whole time. I went on with the intention
of examining the state of the case
and of suggesting rules for the government
of such [?] to prevent difficulty in the
future, but the [?] action of the
trustees and the injust charges of the
President of the Board induced us to become
the defenders [added: of [Mr ?] The whole affair is
a remarkable example of might against
right of money power against truth and
        