Athenaeum, Philadelphia?. Wallace's sister, Mrs. Riddle, will go to the ball tomorrow. Hope Miss Forester will accompany them. Encloses a notice of [George P.] Morris's Songs to be inserted in the North American [Review].

Philadelphia, P.A. Approves of the establishment of a permanent journal or quarterly. Suggests the compilation of a Military History of the Late Campaign in Mexico. Outlines form of the projected work.

N.p. Congratulates him on Female Poets of America and sends notice to be inserted in the Tribune. Predicts great popularity for the book.

Philadelphia, P.A. Commends [H.C.?] Carey's refusal to appear before the Managers' Committee. Will send a memoir of Dr. [Barnabas] Binney for Griswold's Biographical Dictionary. Asks Griswold to have [James D.] Nourse's review of Macauley's History published in one of the leading journals, preferably the Democratic Review.

Philadelphia, P.A. Sends the promised memoir of Dr. [Barnabas] Binney for Griswold's Biographical Dictionary.

N.p. Sends an article which he considers due to M. [Guillaume Tell] Poussin, to be inserted in the Tribune. Advises the addressee to publish nothing under his own name on "the subject" [possibly the controversy arising out of Griswold's obituary of Poe in the Tribune, 9 October 1849?].

Philadelphia, P.A. Encloses a notice of R. W. Griswold for the addressee's "gallery."

Philadelphia, P.A. Has read Griswold's article on Jefferson, and thinks it "admirable." Advises him not to be too precipitate in replying to an attack on it in the Ledger.

N.p. Expects to sail for Europe about 10 May. Asks Griswold to send the latest copy of the Southern Literary Messenger to Miss Sedgwick. Would like to see the proofs of the Bradford and Binney articles.

Philadelphia, P.A. Suggests an article on Poe, to review Griswold's article on the same subject and the articles of [G. R.] Graham, [John] Neal and [N. P.] Willis. Wallace will write such a review while en route to Europe if he is furnished with the four articles mentioned.

Philadelphia, P.A. Expounds his religious philosophy and gives his opinion of [Auguste] Comte's philosophical position.

Biographical sketch of Dr. Barnabas Binney.

N.p. Is requesting Dr. [Herman] Hooker to put up for Griswold six copies of Horace Binney Wallace's book. Copies an extract from a letter dated 25 December 1783, written by Benjamin Rush to Elias Boudinot, recounting an anecdote about [George] Washington.

Philadelphia, P.A. Describes a recently-discovered autograph account of [William] Bradford's "examination" in 1689 before the Council [of Pennsylvania] for printing, without permission, the Charter of Pennsylvania. Asks Griswold to bring "the old papers" [Wallace's mention of Bradford?] so that the new material may be inserted.

Philadelphia, P.A. Requests the suppression of an anecdote about General Washington's profanity, which Griswold quoted from Horace Binney Wallace in the Republican Court, pp. 304-305, since it has proved offensive to many who are "more religious than reasonable."

Extracts from four letter of Elias Boudinot (1740-1821) to his wife, describing the reception of [Conrad Alexandre] Gerard (1778) and Boudinot's part in two processions in 1790 and 1798 respectively.

N.p. Has left the proofs by which Griswold may correct poems for new edition of Poets [of America]. Sends two poems, "The Street Flute Player," and "Jerome."

Saratoga Springs, (N.Y.). Gives autobiographical data, and a detailed account of his first meeting with Mrs. Frances Sargent (Locke) Osgood, [for The Memorial].

N.p. Has sent copies of Mason and Dixon Line and Braddock. Asks Griswold for a note directing Appleton & Co. to send a copy of the Republican Court to Mr. Jordan.