CONTENTS. XV 



CHAPTER XHI. 



HIS PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANTS: HIS LOSS OF HEALTH: HIS 



" ELEMENTS OF CHEMISTRY." 



PAGE 



Organization for Aid in his Department. His Assistant, Lyman 

 Foot: Subsequent History of Dr. Foot. Prof. D. Olmsted. Mr. 

 George T. Bowen: their Subsequent History. Temporary Assist 

 ants. First Permanent Assistant, Mr. S. J. Andrews. Domestic 

 Affliction, and Interruption of his Health. Journey to West Point. 

 Death of Professor A. M. Fisher. Second Journey with Mr. 

 Wadsworth. Mr. Andrews as Amanuensis. Journey to Ballston 

 and Saratoga. Journey to Washington : Dinner with Mr. Cal- 

 houn : Interview with President Monroe : Visit to Arlington House : 

 Notice of Mr. and Mrs. Custis. Means by which his Health was 

 Regained. Advantages of -Temperance. Resignation and Sub 

 sequent Career of Mr. Andrews. Mr. Benjamin D. Silliman, Suc 

 cessor of Mr. Andrews. Dr. Burr Noyes : Professor Charles U. 

 Shepard: Professor Oliver P. Hubbard: Professor J. D. Dana: 

 Professor B. Silliman, Jr., and other Assistants. His " Elements 

 of Chemistry." Correspondence: Letters from Professor A. M. 

 Fisher, Mrs. Sigourney, D. Wadsworth, J. C. Calhoun, Jared Sparks, 

 Josiah Quincy, Lafayette, Commodore Hull, H. W. Desaussure, J. 

 Fenimore Cooper 298 



PART HI. 



FROM THE COMMENCEMENT OF HIS CAREER AS A PUBLIC LECTURER 

 TO THE RESIGNATION OF HIS COLLEGE OFFICE. 



1834-1853. 

 CHAPTER XTV 



LECTURES IN HARTFORD; IN LOWELL; IN BOSTON; IN SALEM. 



His Lectures outside of College. Course of Geology in Hartford 

 (1834). Lectures in Lowell: Daniel Webster and Jeremiah Smith. 

 Course on Geology in Boston (1835). Hospitable Treatment in 

 Boston. Party at Dr. Warren's. Governor Winthrop. Party 

 at Mr. Nathan Appleton's. Judge Davis. Dinner at General 

 William Sullivan's. Judge Story. Dr. Gannett. Interview 

 with Mr. Abbott Lawrence. Lectures in Salem: Mr. S. C. Phil 

 lips: Dr. Prince: Mr. Silsbee: Judge White 339 



