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Dear Powers

I have put up a package containing the U.S. Patent Report for several years, with one or two other volumes on mechanical matters, for you, & some miscellaneous books for the young people, which I beg you will do me the favour to accept. I shall leave them with the officers of the Levant, directed to the care of the U.S. Consulate at Leghorn, & hope they will reach you some time or other, though I fear not very soon. -------------------------------- Page -------------------------------- I had my final audience of the Sultan yesterday, and am now no longer a diplomat. On the 25' we propose to sail for Malta, then spend a few weeks in Sicily, & afterwards go to Rome for the rest of the winter. Whether we shall take Florence in our homeward route I can't say, but it is not probable, and indeed, two old fellows like you & me, separated as we shall soon be by the Atlantic, are not very likely to cross each others path again. In any case, I shall always take great pride in your fame, & great interest in your welfare, and at odd times when you are tired -------------------------------- Page -------------------------------- of plaster & marble, I shall be glad to have you scribble a line to your ancient townsman.

If in my small way, while I remain in Europe, or after my return to the U.S., I can be of any use to you, I hope you won't scruple to command me freely. Your children will of course understand that their father's friend is theirs also, & when any of them come home to repatriate themselves, I shall think Mrs Marsh & myself entitled to at least a visit from them --

Mrs Marsh & my niece join me in affectionate -------------------------------- Page -------------------------------- remembrances to you all

Yours truly

P.S. Shall I by any chance see you, or Kellogg, or Gould, or any of your [...] at Rome this winter? Please remember me to all of them. G P M

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