ca Nov 1865 Buffalo Dear Brother John You see I am once more in the city of Buffalo and the prospects are that here I
will remain now until I can build illegible ers etc. When I left home I fully expected to go to college in Oberlin Ohio but
when I went there I found that the information I had received concerning it had not been true and of course you may judge
that I was not a little disappointed but without crying over the loss of that which I never had had I started for Buffalo
and am now at work in the same place as before. You no doubt think it strange that I did not write to your sooner but when
I arrived here I found that Howard had not commenced to build reapers? for next year and of course had not use for me so I
went whining round feeling very little like writing to any one and since I have gone to work I have had very little time.
Sarah received a letter from you just the day before I left which she handed to me to read. indeed those seemed to be very
interesting specimens you sent to the little body that George calls such as little crumb' I have done very very little in
botany this year although I hoped to have had a pretty good start by this time in fact I don't and I cant and I never did
and never will pretend to be able to go on with any study the way you have and can and I suppose will as long as you have
within your nostrils the breath of life 569