
          of abolishing cork boxes. What
 right has one cost to be atop of
 another? I cannot find Sillimans
 Journal here & I want to read
 the three past years. And I should
 like to see Silliman's Chemistry
 published late in 1852. On the
 whole I find nearly all I want here.
 have bought a wash bowl (for Chlorine)
 & will order some more thin
 plates for bell-glasses as I have
 but one. I brought on a 4 qt capped bell
 which I should have done badly to
 have omitted as a small cracked
 one was all we have.


 Dr Schanck is glad to hear that
 you are coming out & I am much
 more so. I have many questions to
 ask. You did not mention Mrs. Torrey's
 health. Is Eliza home. Ask Maggie
 if I owe her a letter. I will
 write you again next vacation
 i.e. the first half of the week


 Yours truly I.F.H.
        