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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. | 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 | 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 | ||
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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