
          Meredith Village NH 19 Sept 1856


 Dear Dr Torrey


 I wrote to Eliza a
 day or two since expecting them
 to write you today if I should be
 elected to [?] wh [which] is the case.
 I wish I cd [could] [?] on here for a
 day and the momentous question wd [would] be
 decided Could it be settled that I
 cd not hope a permanent home here
 that alone might almost to settle the
 question. Has I been distined to N.
 Grenada it seems that a years dilligent
 search wd have found me one
 to go with me but I have made absolutely
 no progress - hence I dismiss that question
 except that it is understood that
 I may in some year be there [8?] months
 & I mean that it shall be 16 if possible
 Even in 8 I cd accomplish
 more than in the 22 I was gone before.


 Now as to Meredith. I must tell you
 one thing at length. We have a law
 here that if a man is found drunk
        