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spected Friend, Bishop Hiiffel of our Church whom you will find 
among. other estimable qualities imbued with the most lively 
interest & profound knowledge of almost every part of the Natural 
Sciences, especially Mineralogy & Botany. I am sure iť will 
give you pleasure to see him & he very warmly desires to become 
acquainted with you. 
As I really burn with impatience to see your third number 
of the Flora [89]—I beg earnestly you may be so good as to send 
it hither by Bishop Hiiffel, who will return towards the end of the 
month—« if you can add anything in my line from your collections 
you will highly oblige me. As I have not a moment to spare (4 
weeks sickness has greatly augmented my business & deprived me 
of the time I desired to devote to Botany) I only add that I am as 
ever 
Yours most s ncerely 
Lewis D v SCHWEINITZ 
TORREY TO SCHWEINITZ 
West Point November 11th 1824 
My dear Sir, © 
Two esteemed letters of yours have long been reproaching me 
with neglecting one of my best friends. The first I received so 
long ago as the 6th July last, & the 2nd the 13th September! Yet 
I can hardly say they could well have been answered before. You 
have heard, doubtless, of my being appointed Prof". of Chemistry 
& Mineralogy in this place. I have been here nearly 3 months & 
my labours during that time have been incessant. I had been for 
a long time a candidate for the situation here—but after Dr. 
Percival (my predecessor) was appointed, I gave up all hopes of 
obtaining it. At length, however, this gentleman resigned, & I 
was chosen in his p'ace. As this was unexpected to me & as I was 
somewhat rusty in Chemistry—& had not a line written for lec- 
tures either on this subject or on mineralogy, you may suppose I 
have had few leisure moments until this time. For until lately I 
had to deliver 2 distinct courses of lectures, & to write a lecture a 
day. At last, I have more time; my assistant having returned to 
duty. My situation here is very pleasant,—almost the only 
thing I regret about it is that I have so little leisure to devote to 
