132 SPENCER FULLERTON BAIRD 



We expect to See John at home in about Six or Seven weeks. 

 He has made a very poor Journey of this one, and will have to go to 

 Europe this summer, I have no doubt. 



We are all well, and wish to present our respects to your Dear 

 Mother and Friends among you. 



Your ever Sincerely attached 



JOHN J. AUDUBON. 



On the 2ist of March Mrs. Churchill and Mary came 

 to Philadelphia to purchase furniture for the house in 

 Carlisle, with Mrs. Blaney as a guide and adviser. After 

 this science and the Academy seem to have diminished 

 in attractiveness, and young Baird was constant in his 

 attendance on Miss Churchill, at shops, church, the 

 theatre and the various sights of the city. On the 3Oth 

 the Churchills returned to Carlisle, and the same after- 

 noon Baird went to New York, where he stayed at Major 

 LeConte's, the second day going out to Mr. Audubon's 

 for a visit of some days. 



John Cassin had offered some time previously to pay 

 Baird's expenses to Boston, if he would undertake to 

 verify the synonymy of certain birds, the references to 

 the literature not being accessible in Philadelphia. 

 Baird, having a desire to do some work of the kind on 

 his own account, accepted the offer, and April 6th left 

 New York by steamer for Boston via Newport and 

 Providence. Dr. Brewer had engaged a room for him at 

 Mrs. Lane's, number 2 Avon Place. With Brewer he 

 called on Dr. Storer, who showed him the proofs of a 

 work on American fishes. Then to Dr. Amos Binney's, 

 where he saw what was considered the finest zoological 

 library in the United States. 



He saw Mr. Cabot's fine collection of birds, and noted 

 especially the wild turkey of Yucatan. In the evening 



