
          officer. He further stated that Mr Butterworth
has spoken highly of your character
as a man and a [chemist?] and that
the only difficulty as he (the President)
understood the matter was that of
want of harmony. I assured the
President that Mr. B. had misinterpreted
your letter, which was written
rather in a [christian?] [?] than
in the form of an official communication.

Mr Bache warmly seconded what
I said in regard to yourself. The President
expressed the hope that nothing farther
would be done and I suggested the
fact that in as much as you had no
disposition [added: to] exhibit any thing like insubordination
a hint from him would be
sufficient to induce Mr Butterworth
to give you no farther trouble. He remarked
that he hoped to hear nothing more on 
        