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Silliman was not forgetful of his friends. The selec- 

 tions which follow from his correspondence afford 

 pleasant glimpses of his relations to them. 



FROM PRESIDENT DWIGHT. 



NEW HAVEN, May 7, 1805. 



DEAR SIR, I regret, that having so good an oppor- 

 tunity, it is out of my power to write you more. My eyes 

 have been miserably worried for some time past, and are 

 now very troublesome. 



All whom you love are as well in this neighborhood as 

 when you left us. Two pamphlets for Doctor Ryland ac- 

 company this, and a certificate of your church-membership. 



Governor Strong is elected by a majority of somewhat 

 more than two thousand votes ; and Governor Trumbull 

 by the usual majority. Democracy appears plainly to de- 

 cline here. The Livingstons and Clintons are entirely 

 separated, at least for the present. The Pennsylvania fever 

 is not yet come to a crisis. Mr. Porter, of Hadley, is sen- 

 sibly better ; and will, I think, soon recover a sound state. 



We have had many fears concerning you on account of 

 the islands of ice, and they are not yet over. 



I am, very affectionately, your friend, 



TIMOTHY DWIGHT. 

 BENJ. SILLIMAN, Esq. 



TO MR. AND MRS. G. S. SILLIMAN. 



LONDON, June 3, 1805. 



MY letters of introduction are beginning to take 



effect, and I am daily receiving civilities ; but a letter of 

 introduction to an Englishman is generally little more in 

 effect than an order to this purpose : " Sir, Please to 

 give the bearer a dinner and charge the same to yours, &c." 

 But among the numerous letters which I have delivered 

 here, I shall secure, no doubt, some friends whose atten- 

 tions and civilities will be both interesting and useful. I 



