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prospects held out in the letters which I have received, I 

 should think it a very fortunate circumstance to have him 

 added to our circle of friends in New Haven. 



There is no news. The invasion is still talked of, but it 

 does not come, although immense preparations are said to 

 be going forward. We wait impatiently to hear the event 

 of Lord Nelson's interview with the French and Spanish 

 fleets. With sentiments of great esteem, and the best 

 wishes for your happiness, I remain, truly your 



Affectionate friend, &c. 



TO PROFESSOR J. DAY. * 



LONDON, August 22, 1805. 



AND now, my dear friend, having given a com- 

 plete, I fear a tedious, statement of our concerns, I must say 

 a word to you in your character of a friend. I have literally 

 been longing for letters these many weeks. Had I been in 

 love and been expecting letters from my charmer so long 

 without obtaining any, I should long ago have gone mad 

 and jumped over London Bridge into the Thames. But as 

 it is not the fashion to kill one's self for friendship, I have 

 thought it best since I am not in love, to take the matter 

 more coolly and wait a few weeks longer 



Your Commencement approaches. I shall think of you 

 on that day ; write me anything interesting concerning it. 

 I hope you will grant a degree of Master of Arts to Bona- 

 parte, for he certainly has discovered himself to be a mas- 

 ter of arts in the management of his fleets this summer. 



There is no news of much importance. Before this 

 arrives you will have heard of the action between the com- 

 bined fleets and Admiral Calder. The English are much 

 chagrined at the result. 



The alarm of invasion has been very active here for two 

 or three weeks, and the whole country has been on tiptoe 

 looking towards France ; but I think the sensation is sub- 

 siding, although the danger and probability of invasion are 

 certainly as great as they ever were. 



