
          [1846]


 New York
 Med'l Collg'e [Medical College]
 Wed'y [Wednesday] Morng.


 My dear friend,


 Instead of stopping one week
 at Staten Island, as I anticipated,
 I have been there for three! & called
 this morning to report myself returned.
 I have not, however, the good fortune
 to find you, at the College, & I learn
 from Dr. Merriam that I am too
 late to see Mr. Lindgren. I wish,
 however, to talk to you upon the
 subject of the letter you forwarded
 to me, some weeks ago, from Prof. Henry [Joseph Henry]
 which is to me a mere piece of 
 mystification, as I have not received
        