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We certainly expected another visit, if only of a few days. 

 We expect Georgie will leave for home Monday; she had a 

 very nice trip on by land, enjoyed it very much, expect she will 

 return by boat, if the weather should be good. Hope you may 

 have a pleasant passage. 



With much love to Lucy and only a little to the Professor this 

 time, I am 



Yours very truly, 



Geo. A. Boardman. 



One of Mr. Boardman's most intimate correspondents 

 was Dr. William Wood of East Windsor Hill, Connecti- 

 cut, one of the most eminent naturalists which that state 

 ever produced. 



William Wood, the son of Rev. Euke Wood, was born 

 in Waterbury, Conn., July 7, 1822. He received his 

 early education at the academy at Old Killing worth, now 

 Clinton in that state and under the private tutorship of 

 Prof. Marsh and Prof. L/Overin, in Vermont. He was 

 qualified for the senior class at Yale, which he had hoped 

 to enter and graduate at the age of seventeen, but failure 

 of his eyes, which had been overtaxed in study, prevented 

 the realization of this hope. He then engaged in teach- 

 ing, studied medicine, attended lectures at the Berkshire 

 Medical College, Pittsfield, Mass., and at the University 

 Medical College of New York, from which he graduated 

 in 1847. On November 9, 1848, Mr. Wood married 

 Mary layman Ellsworth. She was a daughter of the late 

 Dea. Erastus Ellsworth, member of one of the famous 

 families of Connecticut and was himself one of the prin- 

 cipal founders of the Theological Institute at East 

 Windsor Hill. Immediately after his marriage Dr. Wood 

 settled at East Windsor Hill where he continued to reside 



