
          not as yet tried its detonating property
the specimen is completely preserved
for the present as an article of curiosity
- I regret that in hastily opening your
letter the little scale of mica was lost in
the street. The society you mention was
spoken of when I was in London. Bailey
will do honor to himself and to the country
by his attention to the microscope. He
has zeal and is well grounded in a thorough
scientific education. - I fully agree
with you in the remark relative to the
importance of good instruments and just
before the receipt of your letter I had
exclaimed in mock horror This is the
[dipping?] need of the college of New Jersey!!

The carpenter work of the upper room
of the Hall is finished and the whole painted
You can scarcely imagine how well the
old affair now appears. The superintendence
has cost me considerable trouble and confined
me to Princeton during the vacation The
workmen are now engaged in putting up the

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If you have given up the idea of coming to live in Princeton this summer you can at
least give us a visit we will be happy to see you and all yours The country air
did Mrs T so much good the last visit that she had better try it again We have the
        