
          [in pencil at upper right: Aug. 1857]


 C_ [Cambridge] Tuesday


 Dear Doctor


 I sent to-day a
 particular small parcel
 for Stone to take to Dr.
 Hooker.


 I am glad you have
 concluded to go to Mont-
 real. But I advise
 that you go straight 
 from New York, - and come
 back this way for the
 girls. They are doing 
 well and getting some
 strength. But Eliza is
 not strong enough for what
 you propose, & Mag. [Maggy] will
 not go without her. I think

        