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THE CORRESPONDENCE OF SCHWEINITZ AND TORREY 233 
me know after so long an interruption whether it is in your power 
to permit these presents to effect a recommencement of our corre- 
spondence—for which I feel a very great longing since I have got 
over the extra mountains of business which had accumulated & 
been raised by my journey. 
Pray have you heard anything concerning our friend Le Conte. 
Since I saw in the public papers an annunciation of the death of 
his amiable wife—I have not been able to learn where he is. 
Accept of the assurance of my warmest & sincerest friendship 
& esteem with which I remain 
Yours affectionately 
EWIS D v SCHWEINITZ 
P.S. A few weeks ago I received a package of Musci thro’ your 
care—apparently from Mr. Greville. At the same time 2 packages 
addressed to me, were lost on the road from Philadelphia—which 
after a great deal of trouble & expense were finally brought to 
light & proved to be Fungi from Dr. Fries at Lund, together with 
his new System [24], both packages containing the same books 
& fungi & both accompanied with a latin epistle the one to his 
old correspondent & amicus delectissimus the other to the Vir 
doctissime! of the same name and place of abode, whom he con- 
ceives a different person. Unfortunately, this double star—is the 
one of small magnitude known to you as your friend 
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TORREY TO SCHWEINITZ 
WEst Point, Decr. 12th 1826 
My Dear Sir, 
It was not for the sake of retaliating your unkind treatment to 
me, that I have thus long delayed answering your last letter.— 
Since it came to hand I have been closely occupied with various 
concerns,—but as usual I have to confess some neglect. I might 
have taken an hour to scratch a few lines—but I always have so 
much to tell you & ask of you, that I keep procrastinating till 
I can write a long letter, but after all, am obliged, frequently to 
send you the hasty thoughts of the moment. Before I heard 
from you the last time, I was fearful that in some way or other 
I had offended you—but I was conscious that I had never de- 
