
          Woodstock Vt
 May 13th


 Rec'd May 16  {in another hand}
 ans'd  "       17  {in another hand}


 My Dear Dr


 I tried to see you at the 
 College before I left N.Y.
 for these hyperborean regions
 where the snow yet lingers in the
 little hills, but without Success.
 My chief object was to notify 
 you of my departure, and that
 consequently if you wished another 
 meeting of the Chemical Club 
 you would have to take upon 
 yourself the office of calling the
 members together : it would not
 be desirable to let our "Neophyte"
 die of neglect, & from our last 
 meeting I augured good things of it.

        