Dated Washington, D. C., to William H. Miller, Esq. Advises Miller that he has been unsuccessful in securing an appointment for his brother as surgeon for an unnamed territory, probably Kansas.

Dated Brownsville, Pa., to Fred H. Wines. Acknowledges cancellation of an intended speech to "the Alumni", and suggests a date to address the "Societies". (The alumni could have been from Washington College, now Georgetown University, Dawson's alma mater, class 1833.