New Haven Aug. 10, 1844

My dear sir,

Agreeably to the assent contained in your letter, your proofs will go to D^r Deane & his to you. From the pressure of long articles we find it necessary to postpone D^r Deane’s detailed analysis which will form a distinct article in the next ^ No while only the results will be given in the midst of your paper.

I have written to D^r Dana [Deane] to inform him of this arrangement & that proofs of your article would be sent to him that he might see that the results were correctly given. He has been informed also that his analysis, in extenso, would be very soon set up & the proofs forwarded to him, duplicates or more if he desired, & thus he could conveniently revise & enlarge or qualify as the case might require, and I suggested that it was not improbable that you & D^r Deane might have additional facts by January.

I think highly of D^r Dana’s article & regret its postponement, but are more than full of matters for which we are pledged.

I have not yet had leisure to attend to the drawings but we shall soon ascertain what we can