1873, May 17th 



Philadelphia, Pa. TRANSLATION 



Philadelphia, 221st Lombard str. 

 May 17th, 1873. 



Dear Doctor, 



I left Gurabinnen on April kth together with my brother after an eleven months 

 stay there, arrived in Berlin on the 5th and in Hamburg on the 10th. Here, we 

 found that all available steerage passages on the emigration ships had already 

 been booked two weeks ago, so we had no choice but boarding a stoaml steamer 

 headed for Leith, Scotland, and from there by train to Glasgow where we arrived 

 on the 15th. We left Glasgow on April 17th, the ship anchored the following 

 morning near the Irish coast and we took about 250 Irishmen on board to that 

 there were a total of 500 persons in steerage and only five to six in the cabins. 

 The food on the so-called steamer was not as good as on the Hamburg steamer; 

 but the interior arrangements of the sleeping places which consisted of one 

 small room for twenty persons were very satisfactory. Women and children were 

 separated. Our steamer ,f Ismaila M was not the fastest and took a full l*f days 

 for the trip from Glasgow to New York, where we arrived safely on May 1st. 

 Exactfcr on May 1st 1872 we arrived in Hamburg and on May 1st 1873 in New York. 



Since I learned upon my arrivel in New York that Dr. Torrey had died 

 several weeks ago and I did not have any other business there, I left the same 

 day for Philadelphia. Here, I immediately visited ray old acquaintances, but 

 found that Mr. James had moved to Cambridge, others had died or were absent, 

 so there was only Thomas Meehan whom I visited in Germantown and where I was 

 received with great hospitality. The next day we went together to the Academy, 

 I was presented to several members wnd was very friendly received. I found only 

 one other old acquaintance, that is Dr. Le Conte who remembered me from the 

 times I was with Shaw. 



I had promised Meehan to visit the Academy again on the 13th, but was 

 not able to do so since that day we left our boarding house, boufcht household 

 furniture and moved into the rooms I had rented, where we have again our usual 

 bachelor household. For the rooms I pay 7 Dollars per month, but shall probably 

 s£ay only one month since the rent is too high for me and I don't especially 

 like the accomodations. At the present, I am working on some small scientific 

 papers which I intend to present to the Academy. I still have not yet made 

 any definite plants for the future. I should be happy to hear from you soon. 



Cordially yours, 

 A. Fendler 



