
                                                             Sep. 30    1829


 Dear Torrey,


          As you have been in love yourself
 in your time, I shall make you no apology
 for having neglected you, as well as everything
 and every body else in New York for the last
 three months.  You now know the cause.  I did
 not see you when I was back in town, or I would
 have given you some hint of the business that
 carries me to New England, for when I last
 saw you I could not tell how it might terminate.
 I am happily married. I do not think, after
 two months experience, that there ever were two
 persons better suited for each other, as far as
 regards our individual qualifications, than my
 wife and myself.


      I wish you would write and let me know
        