
          Belfast
 Sept 25th 1849


 My dear Doctor,


 I should not have perpetrated
 the vanity of presenting you with my
 ugly phiz, had it not been put into
 my head by our mischievous friend
 Mrs. Shaw. Perhaps however it may stir
 within you something of the "Memory of 
 joys that are past, pleasant and mournful
 to the soul." It reminds me this moment of 
 a very lovely one whom you thought like
 your second self, and who has had her
 place for years in the general assembly
 of the Church of the first born. Will you
 ever visit "Ould Ireland" again? I am quite
 on classic ground now along side Quinn's College
 and have a warm bed ready for you every day,
 and every night. You will find that since your
 visit we have become quite scientific.


 Most faithfully yours,
 John Edgar

        