New Haven July 22, 1835

Dear sir,

 My duties & interruptions have been so numerous since I received your letter of May 31 that it has lain with many others in view but not answered because I have been constantly wanting the leisure that has never come. You of course was [sic] not disappointed on the question of coal at Portland & I trust that you have settled the minds of the people on that topic & probably on many others. That you left a favorable impression of the science & of yourself no one who is acquainted with either will doubt. I regret that the pecuniary result should not have been more favorable. A previous stipulation of a minimum is the insert with the privilege of receiving more if more is received than is requisite to pay the minimum & the expenses. You will perhaps be surprised to learn that I am going (DV) to Nantucket upon a stipulation of that kind* I took my chance however in my late eastern engagements & the result was favorable & expect to spend the month of September with them.

Upon a similar basis I am (providence

* I took my chance however in my late eastern engagements & the result was favorable