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other friends in Cambridge. Of this, too, he was a most 

 faithful member. The club met twice a month at the 

 houses of the different members in turn, and the one 

 at whose house it met was expected to bring forward 

 some subject, generally from his specialty, which later 

 was discussed and criticised. Many of the new inter- 

 ests in science were here first presented by Dr. Gray. 

 Among the founders and early members were, 

 Charles Beck, Francis Bowen, Admiral Davis, Epes 

 S. Dixwell, Edward Everett, President Felton, Asa 

 Gray, Simon Greenleaf, Thaddeus Mason Harris, 

 Joseph Lovering, Benjamin Peirce, Josiah Quincy, 

 Jared Sparks, Daniel Treadwell, James Walker, Jo- 

 seph E. Worcester, the lexicographer, and Morrill 

 Wyman, M. D. Later, among those no longer living, 

 were added at different times Louis Agassiz, Thomas 

 Hill, Joel Parker, Emory Washburn, and Joseph Win- 

 lock. The club is still in existence. 



TO JOHN TORREY. 



BOSTON, Monday, 25th July, 1842. 



MY DEAR DOCTOE, Having time before the mail 

 closes to write a hurried letter, I hasten to let you 

 know that I have this morning secured lodgings at 

 Cambridge, at a retired house, off the main road, 

 about halfway between the colleges and the Garden. 

 For $3.00 per week, I have two rooms, one pretty large, 

 one moderate (of which I shall make a bedroom), a 

 small nearly dark bedroom which I shall shelve and 

 use for my herbarium, and three closets, furnished 

 decently (but not extravagantly! !), in a house where 

 there can at most be only one other lodger, and he 

 must ascend by a different staircase from mine, the 

 rooms and bed linen, etc., to be kept in order. 



