Warea, March 30 /47. My Dear Sir, I have not written you lately but I trust you will believe me when I say that it was not want of sincere and friendly feeling toward you which caused that neglect, but it was an entire want of time as all myleisure hours were filled up with writing official reports, and to the society and other parties at home. Besides this I was dayly in the pleasant anticipation of seeing you soon with me in my humble abode. However much as I am indeed desirous of your company I can excuse your delay of coming down here as I am fully aware how much your time must be occupied especially after the Governors late visit until perhaps now. Notwithstanding I hope I shall see you before long. On my last being with you, you proposed history as a topic of correspondence between us. This would certainly be a most interesting and pleasing subject for both of us, but as the field it call into is so enormous extensive and unavoidably requires references to be made (with respect to data's, years and facts) to books which are at present out of my reach I fancy the matter would be an undertaking for