I have duly received your private letter of the
29th
October 1858, mentioning the high opinion you had formed of
capabilities and professional skill of
Mr Joseph Trutch, a gentleman who has been engaged in surveying in
Oregon under
the Government of the United States, and to whom you have
granted an
officialofficial letter of introduction to me.
I trust you will accept my very best thanks for thus
kindly bringing to my notice a person whom you judge may be
able to afford me useful assistance, and I should assure
you that when a suitable opportunity for employing him
offers, I shall not fail to remember the flattering
mention he has received from you.