
          Recd. [Received] Aug. 22 
Ansd. [Answered] Aug. 22-24

Detroit, Mich.  Aug. 18. 1860.

Dear Doctor Torrey

You will probably 
wonder how I happen to be here. 
We have a summer recess of a week 
at the college & wishing to rusticate 
a little during that time, I accepted 
the invitation of the father of one 
of our sick boys to make him a 
visit at his residence, which is about 
half the distance, staid [stayed] there several days 
and then came on to do up various 
errands for myself & neighbors. At 
last that efficient body known as the 
State Board of Education has bled a 
drop to keep us from absolute want. 
Eight hundred dollars to divide among 
those whose demands are over three 
thousand! Just enough to pay 
towards bills & a few dollars over with 
no satisfaction for the future. 
The whole thing is so contemptibly
        