
          Doct. Meredith Reese told Meakin 
that I could have it if I wished. 
He, Reese, has recently associated himself 
with the college. I do not know 
what his standing is in the profession. 
It may be well if you have any 
conversation upon the subject to have 
it distinctly understood that I must take 
only Materia Medica & Pharmacy with 
Botany as an adjunct, treating the 
substances as objects of natural history 
& in short giving just that which 
medical students need & nobody gives. 
Therapeutics I have nothing to 
do with. It has been my hope 
to be able to live quietly in New 
York during the coming winter & 
finish up the catalogue upon which 
I have expended so much time 
& work, but I do not see that 
our money affairs [crossed out: will] here will 
materially improve this year & this 
winter will probably decide the fate 
of this institution with a little legislature. 
It will either be abandoned or put on 
a respectable footing. I regret much 
to be obliged to defer my catalogue 
but I do not see how I can get 
        