
          South Malver Mass. 1870/22


 Dear Dr Torrey,-


 If we could not have had
 your visit without sacrificing one in
 the early summer, I an not sorry
 that you could not come to us. Next time
 please come to us first and I will
 go with you to Dr Gray's A car from
 the depot where you arrive in Boston
 will take you to [Scollay's?] [?]. If you
 forget the name of Belmont St. all the
 conductors know me. Our car starts at the [?].


 Did you receive a letter from me
 enclosing one to Garrison, of the Nation
 proposing to furnish him an article on
 coinage? He never replied. The
 enclosed from the Boston Daily News
 will show you in brief the scheme.


 I wish you would examine it and write
 me as strongly in its favor as you conscienciously
 can. It is not a little
 wonderful that on the very day that I
 proposed the Metric Florin in the American
 Association, Dr Farr was advocating in
 the British Association the Victoria, just
 ten times as large. The ultimate fractions

        