108 LIKE OF BENJAMIN SILLIMAN. 



you, and return you in safety to your friends 



and beloved home. 



Yours, as ever, 



J. DAY. 



ily after Professor Silliman's return from 



. >pe, he was married to Mrs. Sarah Isabella 

 \\ .!!). of Woodstock, Connecticut, daughter of John 



'lellan, Esq., and a relative of his first wife, Mrs. 



!>'s grandmother having been a daughter of the 



(Jovernor Trumbull. The lady to whom he was 

 thus united had been connected, as well by long 

 friendship as by ties of blood, with his family. It is 

 suiiieient to say that her society and her assiduous 

 care were the principal source of his comfort and 

 happiness in the closing years of his life. 



One of the oldest and most respected of Professor 

 Silli man's friends was Dr. John Griscom, distin- 



>ied alike for his scientific merits, and for his 

 philanthropy. He was Professor Silliman's senior 



vend years. For a long period he lent his aid, 

 in ihe \\ay of scientific contributions, to the "Journal 

 of Science.' 1 He and the venerable Professor Chester 

 l)e\\ey, \\lio still survives, were active coadjutors of 

 Silliman, when in this country the science 

 which they cultivated in common was still in its 

 infancy. Dr. Griscom was a member of the Society 



"fiends, He died just one month after the last 

 <>i" the following letters was written : 



TO DR. JOHN GRISCOM.* 



NEW JlAvr.N, .linnianj 15, 1850. 



NI> '" M: 01. ii FKH.M), Old we both are in years, for 

 < (1 the solemn boundary of threescore and 



written l...f,, n . the death of Mrs. Silliman; the letter 

 whlr1 ' !' author's second marriage. F. 



