
          interest her, and your Daughters. I hope these
 Young Ladies have not forgot me.
 I want to see your son. You say nothing about 
 them to me.


 I shall venture to drop Mrs. Torrey a note on 
 the Irish language, It is a matter which 
 has interested me a little, and I have [crossed out: made] [added: done]
 considerable [crossed out: of] [added: towards] vocabulary from  a native of
 Munster. also of the Welch [added: from a N Wales man], I fancied
 I could pronounce [crossed out: it] [added: these] better after my
 own way of writing it [added: down], and marking it,
 and so I found it.


 I now wonder I did not earlier take a fancy 
 to study Irish. Mrs. Torrey gave me a Bible
 in Irish and this led me to read it to the Irish.
 I shall have much to say on this subject at
 a suitable time, perhaps when we meet next 
 time which I hope will be soon.


 Our citizens are much engaged on their
 sail road project from N York, to Boston  It is 
 a noble project. The movements of the age are 
 great and extraordinary. who would ever
 have expected to see the magnetograph perform 
 such wonders. Davy made the exuberance 
 of his imagination and splendor of his achievements
 did not reach it. what next


 Very Truly Yours
 Joseph Barratt


 Prof J Torrey.

        