
          Princeton April Monday
16th [pps. altered to 17th] 1838

My Dear Dr

Your letter was received this
morning Mr Goodrich starts tomorrow
morning at 4 o'clock. We are very sorry
to learn that Mrs. Torrey has not yet recovered
but hope she will not long be
confined. She must have been very
anxious to see you and it was well that
you hurried off as soon as you did.

I have been very much engaged
since you left in experimenting It took
me at first about a week to get started
and I almost began to fear that I had
lost the power of interrogating nature with
any effect I have since however
found no cause of complaint on
that account and have been as
successful as I could hope to
be with the labour bestowed

I have found by goodluck a very
excellent assistant He possesses some
good traits for a situation of this kind

        