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  A week or more ago I sent you by mail a copy of the Annual Report of the Trustees of this College, which I hope you will receive.  The text and the plates it contains will give you a very fair idea of the place.
  I now feel that is probable I shall be here some time.  Mr. Washburn, M. C. from this District, who is also one of the working Trustees of the College, he thro' whom I received the original offer of the position, writes me from Washington that I must not be uneasy on the subject of muster out, - that there is little likelihood of Congress doing anything in the premises.   Logan has got too heavy a load on to get his team through.  The whole pay [underline] question, the Indian [underline] question, the brevet [underline] question, the muster out of supernumeraries, the must out of Major Generals, the reduction in rank of the heads of bureaus, and other things are a heavy weight, - there will surely be an attempt to lighten up when Logan starts on his trip through, and he will be likely if his wagon reaches the White House at all to find it empty.  Of course this state of things re-assures me, as I was not feeling ready to retire to civil life just yet, even with a years pay in advance.      Should Congress adjourn as I now expect it to, without taking my commission, I shall feel quite sure of remaining here undisturbed until the summer of 1871 and I think that will satisfy me.