
          It is now well understood, [crossed ou: th [that]] indeed the corporation say 
 so, that Mr. Everett has been offered the Presidency. 


 We have lost one of our great men. Judge 
 Story died last evening. He was relieved from 
 the first attack, but left greatly debilitated, but the 
 symptoms gradually grew worse again. 


 The loss will be greatly felt here, and in the law 
 school I know not how it is to be made up.


 Tuckerman is away at the White Mountains, 
 where he has been all the time (except two days at 
 commencement) since you were here, and yet he says 
 he has not looked at a plant, but has been fishing! 
 What dependance can be placed on such a fellow? 
 I showed him Knieskern's bundle, on commencement day,
 & urged him to look at it next day. But he said he could 
 not till his return at the end of this month. Will 
 Knieskern wait for him? The bundle is still in 
 my hands, and awaits his orders. 


 Adieu,
 yours faithfully
 A. Gray
        