of the year which he thought
was very probable. The faculty
here will do for me what
they can, and I have written
to Dr Packard to get his help.
I am grateful to you for
what you have done and
for what you may yet find
it in your power to do. I
am of the opinion that your
influence down there would
be stronger than any body
else's, and any way that you
can use it I know you will.
I have a friend in the state –
one of the most prominent
politicians of the state, a
U. S. officer who rendered
signal service to the University
in the day of it trial
who is pushing my case with
the vigor of one determined
to succeed. Still I am in
readiness to be disappointed
if it must be. There may
be some personal or other
relations and circumstances
[?] that may have
long ago forestalled the action
of the B. in favor of somebody
else. I will process my
soul, since it is the property
of [some?]body else, in patience.
Our B. meets next Thursday,
and I am [authentically?] informed
that they will elect
a Pres. and that Hunt
(whom every one vomits up
vehemently) will thenceforth
be seen and [?]
among us no more. A
more dreadful force was
probably never [?].
I think it pretty evident that
Akers' chance is [will?/well?]; and
if the B. have finally escaped
