p.2

[illegible] going to hotels where I may
have to climb, or rather descend
several flights of stairs, and be on
the alert when the dinner bell
[illegible].

I hope to get through my [illegible]-
[illegible] by April, & shall be
[illegible] to present to you my
offering. I have been compelled
to reject the great mass of [illegible]
[illegible] which the [illegible] on
[illegible] has placed at my dispo-
sal. As it is, I will have a-
bout 811 illustrations.

Perkin's specimens certainly
indicate that the mound builders
knew how to [illegible] copper, & inde-
pendent of these, I had arrived
at the same conclusion.

Ever yours,

J. W. Froster

Dr. I. A. Lapham
Milwaukee