Philadelphia. 



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Philadelphia. S.E. corner of Union and 

 Fourth Str. f July 9th, 1873. 



Dear Doctor, 



There is not much to report today. I still have not yet chosen any business 

 from which we could earn something. We made several excursions in various directions, 

 up to 38^niles from here, in order to look over small farms for sale, but could not 

 find any' Uh*£ we liked. Some were priced too high, others did not have good soil. 

 After long thoughts, I believe it best to stay in Philadelphia since many advantages 

 and comforts are connected with city living which one would miss in the country; 

 one especially feels that if one gets older and cannot do much moreas a farmer. V/e 

 gave up our rooms in Lombard Street and moved to &he £.6. corner of Union and Fourth 

 Street*^ so that we are closer to the center of town and the Academy and are living 

 in a auch cooler and more beautiful room for 6 Dollars ( that is one dollar cheaper 

 than the old one was). In our old locality the thermometer sometimes read 9^° and at 

 9 0, clock 89°. %nce then, we have cooler weather. During one Sf my hikes in 

 New Jersey, I was exposed to the hot sun for four hours and then immediately drank 

 ice water and so contracted a fever which, however, I got rid of soon by using 

 cathartic pills and some quinine. V/e were not affected at all by the many storms 

 which caused so mudh devastation in the West and North West. At the present, there 

 is not much correspondence with the members of the scientific societies, since most 

 of them left the heat of the city during the summer. Also Meehan is going on a long 

 trip which is paid for by the railraod companies for all editors. He will also come 

 to St. Louis and visit you? from there to Texas, from Texas via Kansas to Nebraska, 

 Laramie and Salt Lake and then return on a more northern route of the middle states. 



Dr. Hutawa, whom you mention in your letter, I have not seen since approximately 

 25 years ago. His sister-in-law told me about three years ago that at that time he 

 was almost 80. 



Gray is supposed to have inherited a lot from an uncle of his wife. This will be 

 good news to all his friends. 



Cordially yours, 

 A. Fendler 



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