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Septr 22" 1862.
Revd Rufus Babcock DD.
My dear Friend
Your highly esteemed favor of the 8th and 10th
current Came duly to hand and would have received
earlier acknowledgment had not the intermediate time
been occupied almost exclusively by hourly calls of
Visitors from abroad to see the founder and the Edifice
of the V. F. College, which must be my apology for
deferring an answer to your Kind and intelligent notes
above referred to, and which I have just taken up again
and reviewed this morning & with primitive fresh-
ness of interest. Your visit to Nantucket, Havard
University, the J^ummers Institute, Cambridge, with
the high testimonials accompanying your letters in be-
half of Miss Mitchell as a teacher of Astronomy &ca
in our Institution with the appreciated prospects of se-
curing his services in that department with other val-
uable information obtained through your visits for the
benefit of the College will be laid before our Execu-
tive Committee at their next regular meeting. En-
closed please find $10 bill of the Farmers & Manu-
factrs Bank of this city no. which I sent you to cover
expenses incurred on acct. of your visits as above stated
in behalf of the College. I would extend my remarks,
by quotations from Prof. Jewett's late letters also from
our Nephew J. G. Vassar, our friend Revd Chs A.
Raymond now at Hamilton with some account of visits
from Miss Dr Emily Blackwell N. Y., Editors of
N. Y. Evening Post, " Home Journal", Miss Docf
Harriett R. Hunt of Boston &c &c, the latter had
addressed me a very respectable, dignifyed and sensible
letter upon the Education of her sex &c. I have at
last received a letter from Mr Brackett but have not
leasure to comment this morning. Your good wife
calld upon twice last week, have not as yet seen your
Daughter Harriett
Our family healths Continue much as usual. I re-
main dear friend
P S Amanda wishes to be Kindly recommended to
you
M. V.
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