32 LETTER-FILES OF S. W. JOHNSON 



gather more or less permanently there the best scientific men 

 of our country. Agassiz, Norton, Hall, Mitchell, Gibbs, Whit- 

 ney, Guyot, Pearce, etc. What a place ! If I succeed I will 

 tell more. ]\Iy love to all. Affectionately, Samuel AV. Johnson. 



A few days later he wrote from Albany: 



Dear Folks, — No secret ! I have just returned from lobby- 

 ing about the State officials and am ' ' Professor of Chemistry, 

 Nat. Philosophy and the Principles of Agriculture" elect in 

 the State Normal School. I have not accepted the situation, 

 and delay to do so until I hear from home, as I had not rec'd 

 an answer to my former letter when I left N. H. yesterday 

 at 1 o'clock. I have been introduced to Prof. Perkins and 

 the Normal School Corps, to Hon. Christopher Morgan, Sec'y 

 of State, Dr. T. T. Beck, Dr. Campbell, Mr. Hawley and 

 another gentleman who (the last five) form the Executive 

 Com. of the Normal School. I have also visited Mr. Tucker 

 of the Cultivator. Had an introduction through Hon. S. H. 

 Johnson, to A. B. Street the Poet. Seen Hon. C. Lyon, etc. 

 S. H. J. is staying at the "Stannix" where I now write. He 

 is much worn by the extra session of Legislature. They 

 adjourn tonight probably. I return to New York tonight 

 and N. H. tomorrow. My salary is $800. and I have a $12. 

 check for my expenses hither and back to N. H. Write at the 

 earliest mail as the Committee are anxious to know my 

 decision. In haste. Affectionately, S. W. Johnson. 



His plans for the summer were given in the next 

 letter : 



Yale, July 12th, 1851. 



Dear Father, — I have just returned from Albany and 

 found Pa's letter of the 5th in the box of P. 0. next to mine, 

 where it has been for nearly a week I have no doubt. There 

 was a change of boxes the 1st of July which may account for 



