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deal of useful information, will furnish me with eight or 

 ten. Dr. Mitchell is now very busy with his medical exam- 

 ination, but promises to send out a number of letters after 

 me for the Continent. I have seen a good deal of the Doc- 

 tor, and am not sorry that I took your advice in regard to 

 making myself acquainted with him. I trust that I shall 

 hear from some of you every few weeks, and that you will 

 not wait till you hear from me before you begin to write. 



I feel ashamed of sending you two such scrawls as 



this and my last ; but I have not been able to arrange mat- 

 ters so but that it has been absolutely necessary to dispatch 

 a half dozen letters since ten o'clock this evening ; and I 

 shall be called up to-morrow at five. With the sincerest 

 wishes for the restoration of your health, and the welfare 

 of your family during my absence, I remain, 



Dear sir, 

 Yours with high esteem and respect, 



A. M. FISHER. 



FROM PROFESSOR A. M. FISHER. 



NEW YORK, April 1, 1822. 



MY DEAR SIR, Since I despatched the letter for you 

 by the steamboat, it has occurred to me that perhaps Dr. 

 Morse would be willing to make me the bearer of a line to 



Mr. Wilberforce Steamboat Nautilus, half-past 



ten. We are now going down the harbor to the Albion ; 

 fair weather, and a west wind which promises to take us 

 out of sight of land before night. I will thank you to in- 

 form Mr. Twining, as I have no time to write him again, 

 that Mr. Catlin will write him and inform him what is the 

 current value of five-franc pieces ; and to get word to Mr. 

 Orr, of Hartford, if you can do it without any trouble, of 

 the receipt of his last communication. This is my last 

 communication to my friends in New Haven. So I bid 

 you and them an affectionate adieu. 



A. M. F. 



