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Elements of Chemical Philosophy and the other on 

 Greology. For these he received 750., and Trinity 

 College made him a Doctor of Laws. Such consideration 

 for lectures on this side of the Atlantic sounds 

 fabulous. 



He wrote to his mother : 



Balina, Ireland, October 24, 1811. 



The laboratory in Dublin, which has been enlarged, so 

 as to hold 550 people, will not hold half the persons who 

 desire to hear my lectures. The 550 tickets issued for the 

 course by the Dublin Society at two guineas each were 

 all disposed of the first week, and I am told now that from 

 ten to twenty guineas are offered for a ticket. 



This is merely for your eye ; it may please you to know 

 that your son is not unpopular or useless. Every person 

 here, from the highest to the lowest, shows me every atten- 

 tion and kindness. 



I shall come to see you as soon as I can. I hear with 

 infinite delight of your health, and I hope Heaven will con- 

 tinue to preserve and bless a mother who deserves so well 

 of her children. 



I am, your very affectionate Son, 



H. DAVY. 



During 1811 he made the acquaintance of Mrs. 

 Appreece, the daughter and heiress of Charles Carr, of 

 Kelso, and about the end of the year probably he 

 wrote to his mother : 



MY DEAR MOTHER, You possibly may have heard reports 

 of my intended marriage. Till within the last few days it 

 was mere report. It is, I trust, now a settled arrangement. 

 I am the happiest of men in the hope of a union with a 

 woman equally distiuguished for virtues, talent, and ac- 

 complishments. 



