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genera of fungi & the mo. of species (not their names) belonging 
to each—also the authority for the genus abridged. 
I remain 
very truly yours, 
Joun TORREY— 
Rev. L. D. ScHWEINITzZ 
Bethlehem 
Pennsylvania 
SCHWEINITZ TO TORREY 
BETHLEHEM May 4th 1831 
My dearest Sir 
I can truly say, that the reception of your kind favor of the 
26th ult. (which unaccountably took place only last evening) 
gave me as much pleasure as pain. The former on account of the 
delight of recommencing a correspondence with my most valued 
botanical friend in America & the latter on account of the inter- 
pretation you might conceive my long silence & especially my 
neglect of your kind letter of last year liable to. Alas! I was 
not aware that you were ignorant of the cause of the latter—which 
from the time I received yours to within about two months past 
entirely disabled me from any exertion whatever. I left Phila- 
delphia in a hurry on account of the violent breaking out of an 
indisposition I had felt for some time coming on & my chagrin 
was not a little augmented by finding at home your letter, which 
apprised me of the disappointment I had unwittingly prepared 
for you, which at the same time was as great a one to me. But 
I was soon incapable of feeling the regret, for besides some alarm- 
ing.symptoms of another kind I became extremely debilitated & 
with little interruption experienced a depression of spirit such as 
I had before been an entire stranger to, until the commencement of 
December. Scarcely had that left me, & enabled me to resume 
my duties & my studies, when it pleased God to visit me with 
still more serious bodily complaints by which until the comence- 
ment of March I was strictly confined to my room. During this 
tedious spell however I had every reason to be thankful that no 
relapse of mental depression took place. On the contrary I 
was enabled to be active with my pen & among the rest completed 
