struction as T saw it, and the modifications which you have made, 
and which Mr. Howe has described, strike me as judicious under 
the circumstances. 
I am not disposed to shirk any part of the responsibility 
which I shovld properly bear in this or any, other building under 
my charge. The plans and specifications formulated what I sup- 
posed was the construction agreed upon, and your Signature to 
them seemed to confirm that supposition. My interests would be 
of course in favor of the better and sounder construction which 
has since been adopted, and I could not have adopted the wooden 
partitions except as the result of a mutual understanding. The 
wooden lift from the cellar seemed to me when I was at the build- 
ing especially objectionable, and if I had felt that I had author- 
ity in the premises I wovld have most certainly removed, its , 
T have weekly reports from Mr. Prescott concerning the devel- 
opment of the building, and have the necessary measures to enable 
me to complete the detail drawings of the finish of the library, 
which T shall shortly forward to you for your approval. 
As I saw the building in September it was built substantially 
in conformity with the plans and specifications, but with certain 
modifications in detail which you had required. I certainly have 
no regson to suppose that you werenot conversant with the methods 
.of construction, 
The wooden partition between the Library and Museum was & 
