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was ordered printed at the last session of Congress -- 7000 copies, I believe.
With the exception a peculiar skin disease confined to my hands I am entirely recovered, though I have not yet longed for some of our diet while on the headwaters of the Copper and Tanana. I hope to start East about the middle of next month and hope to pass a long while in Russia. If you are in Washington