
          [in another hand at the top of the page:
 By Mr. Dearborn Med. Student. Oct. 10th]


 Meredith Village 7 Oct 1856


 Dr John Torrey


 Dear Sir


 This will be presented to you by
 a member of my choir an
 excellent young man who now
 finds himself in NYork for the
 first time & an entire stranger


 He is a medical student and
 I think your advice wd [would] be of
 service to him in making his
 first arrangements.


 I wrote to you for advice a
 few weeks since & have no more
 to add than that I hope I shall
 find your answer at Middleburg
 next Monday as on Tuesday 14th
 I am to give a definite answer
 to the college


 Any service that
 you may be able to render to
 Mr Dearborn will be duly appreciated
        