Chapter XIII: Coast Survey

Professor A.D. Bache tenders charge of Coast Survey office--
Accepts conditionally--Retains charge of works--Assumes new
duties--Estimate of General Taylor--Magnitude of Coast
Survey Office--Organizes the force--Reforms the office--
Meets "men of Mexico"--General Shields--Approves
compromise measures--Puritan father condemns Webster--
Visits Bucksport--Daughter Gertrude Maude born--Wound
breaks out afresh--Contemplates leaving Coast Survey--Moves
family to Newport--Pays $400 on house--Generous in money
matters--Spends summer in Washington--Letters to his wife--
Ideals of woman, marriage, duty, ambition--Admiration for
Henry Clay, the master spirit--Compromise measures passed--Fine
health--Carries appropriation--Truth and directness superior
to low cunning--Office improving, duties more pleasant
daily--Publishes Campaigns of Rio Grande and of Mexico--General
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