
          [Address block:]
 Prof'r J. Torrey
 Princeton
 New Jersey


 [Postmark: New York / 23 Sep. / 5 c]


 [Postscript above wafer seal]


 Excuse wafer. There is no wax "towards"
 as I write from Sam's house where I am
 "in charge" of the Chicks for a couple of days
 as he and [Marm?] have gone up the river
 for that time--
        