Had to leave Cambridge suddenly and was thus unable to take his leave of JH. Will always remember his visit. Would like the manuscript of JH's address.
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Had to leave Cambridge suddenly and was thus unable to take his leave of JH. Will always remember his visit. Would like the manuscript of JH's address.
Is grateful for JH's note and the manuscript. Will treasure it. Sails on 4 Sept. Has heard who his successor will be. Would be very pleased to assist JH in any way when he returns to America.
Sending a letter for a Benjamin Peirce, one of the professors at the University of Cambridge (Mass.). EE has just assumed the presidency of this university.
Has received JH's volume and letter from Algernon Percy (4th Duke of Northumberland). Regards it as a valuable contribution to his library. Would like JH's opinion on the papers of Benjamin Peirce and his views on the planet Neptune.
Thanks for EE's 'Orations and Speeches.' Recalls first meeting EE at Cambridge. Praises Harvard Observatory and W. C. Bond's discovery of an interior Saturnian ring. Notes that William R. Dawes had independently discovered this ring. Encourages EE to attend the Great Exhibition.