274 THE CORRESPONDENCE OF SCHWEINITZ AND TORREY 
SCHWEINITZ TO TORREY 
BETHLEHEM May 24th 1832 
My dear Sir 
I was not a little delighted yesterday by your letter of the 
19th ult. (unable as I am to account for the circumstance that 
almost all letters I receive from New York, whence the mail 
arrives daily & goes thro’ in 1 day & night—are four days old) 
& for fear you may go to Princeton too soon I hasten to answer it. 
I greatly deplore that it will be impossible for me to arrive at 
New York before the 12th of June (being Tuesday) which will 
deprive me of the pleasure of meeting you that week—with a 
certain prospect that on Saturday & Monday following, which 
days are those I could otherwise hope for that desirable event, 
I shall be absent from New York in the prosecution of my duties. 
It is however possible that I may be able to prolong my stay until 
the 23d of June, before I leave the city altogether—and perhaps 
circumstances may occur to detain you in town on the 13th or 
14th when I shall doubtless be there. At all events please to 
leave a card for me at Mr. Van Vleck’s No. 14 Dutch Street— 
with your address designating the number & street—& likewise that 
of Mr. Halsey if you conveniently can. I shall certainly bring 
the odd volume of Dr. Martius [83] with me to New York & de- 
liver it to Dr. DeKay. 
In answer to your enquiries concerning the Algae Brit. of Mr. 
Greville [26] which you have not received—I can only say, that 
nothing of that kind has come to my hands & that I think you 
must be under a mistake as to the time they were sent (2 or three 
years ago or perhaps longer) if at all connected with Dr. Greville’s 
set of impressions of Icones Filicum [37], which I certainly re- 
ceived thro’ your kindness. By recurring to your letters, I find 
that on the latter subject you wrote to me under date of May 14th 
1831—that the parcel for me cont[aining] the Icones had a few 
days before been left at your house by an unknown person— 
that you had placed it in the hands of Mr. Thorburn to be forwarded 
to me—which was accordingly done & I received it shortly after 
my return from Indiana. Dr. Greville’s letter to me had come 
to hand some time before per mail, & ship-marked—so that it 
does not seem to have been brought by a friend—tho’ so stated 
