As we shall move into the Mamoth room within 2. or 3. days we shall be in immediate want of chairs for it. if therefore you could send a couple of dozen round immediately it would be well. a decent lanthorn is wanting for the middle of the passage upstairs. such as those in the Hall below stairs would be best. also about half a dozen semi-vase lamps to hang against the walls in the passages & stairways. our painter took to drinking a day or two after you went away & never returned. Capt Tingey furnished some others two days ago & they are going on well. the floor cloth for the hall is prepared & will be painted immediately in the Capitol. Accept my best wishes.