
          Mrs. Brace thinks if  you will make us a
 long visit, she can find you a very good
 wife here. Very possibly, however, that is a 
 branch of natural history you have not
 much taste for. At any rate, we are now
 so situated as to make your visit pleasant
 provided you come in my vacation, which
 will end about the 11th or 18th of May.


 Be here by the tenth if you can.


 Yours cordially
 J.P. [John Pierce] Brace


 Dr. J. [John] Torrey
        