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2 beautiful things a volume of our plants would be well displayed and taken care of by some intelligent person. Mr Earl
others had expected certain things which are not coming to pass. without a miracle. Keiths ground picture is like pearls be-
fore a legislature. I hope you will gather and preserve the beauties all the same. The illegible: underlined things are cham
illegible put up on large white cards, such as prepared for cabinet photographs. Perhaps I shall put up some for eastern friends
in that way if I can get a few spare hours. I sent your father a copy of Carpenters Bill creating a new bo illegible of Regents
Thompson, Webster and other leading Grang illegible were here last week and assured him of their support. Some faults in the
Bill will be covered by Amendments which he will arrange if he does not pre- sent. It will pass the House, and probably he
killed in the Senate by the Influence? of Tuttle and Gov -