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May 18th 1885

My dear Professor Hall.

I have been turning over the mater contained in your letter of
the 23d ult. and will say judging from what you write The position
will be one which I should feel like accepting.

While I can not be a candidate in usual sense (for I am well
situated here) Yet I can say this much that I am willing that my name
should come before your Board of Regents, and should the position be
offered to me with substantially the conditions you name, I should in
all probability accept it.

Now, this again is as definite an answer as I can give, and should
your Regents require particularls please to say to them that unless they
are entirely agreed that they want me to come I should prefer not to
be disturbed in my present position.

It would also suit me much better so far as I now see it to ______
the engagement begin Sept. 1, 1886.