
          New York  April 9th 1828

My Dear Sir

Will you permit me to make your
acquaintance with my friend Mr. J. W. Fitch a student
of medicine in our College who expects to visit New Haven.
He is desirous of paying his respects to you? Should it
not interfere with your engagements I should be gratified
if you would show him your laboratory & afford him an
opportunity of visiting the other parts of the College &c.[etc.], 
You will find him an intelligent & agreeable gentleman.

I have comcluded my lectures on Chemistry & Botany.
I am at leisure to pursue my favorite studies. It is my
intention to finish my Nothern Flora & then to write something
on our native grasses. I hope to send you some papers
this summer if the readers of your journal are not sick 
of ["Cancography"?]

Mr. Hays informs me that he has been experimenting on
the Compund of Chromium. Has he seen Dr. Thomson's paper?
I have made some expts.[experiments] on the same subject this winter.
I have made some interesting observations. I shall see whether
I [crossed out: have] Mr. Hays has an anticipated me when his paper is
published of he has not, I will furnish you with a few
notes which you may publish should they appear to be unpublished.

Yours in [?]

J. Torrey
        