■5^8 Rhoads, Auduhouiana. foct 



Letter No. i.i 



Duplicate London, Oct. 26th., 1837. 



I have this moment received your dear letter of the 4. instant, 

 for the contents of which, I do indeed most truly thank you, but 

 the most important point contained in it, Dr. Spencer is now at 

 Paris quite well and quite happy. I have not heard of his sup- 

 posed intentions to visit Russia, at least not until you have shewn 

 yourself in Europe for awhile. When will you come ? I have not 

 received one single letter from Dr. Morton since my return to Eng- 

 land, and have been the more surprised at this, because I look upon 

 him as a worthy good man and as on one whom, since my last visit 

 to him, I cannot but consider as my friend. 



The return of Dr. Townsend to our happy land has filled me 

 with joy, and trebly so when you tell me that he is as friendly dis- 

 posed to me as I ever have been towards him. I congratulate 

 you, my dear friend, in the step which you have so kindly taken in 

 my favour, by first selecting all such Birdskins as you or Townsend 

 have considered as new, and also in having given freedom to Dr. 

 Morton to pay Dr. Townsend Fifty Dollars for the skins selected 

 by you, under tho. prudent considerations or restrictions talked of in 

 your letter. May I receive all the Bird skins very soon, for depend 

 upon it, now or never is for me the period to push on my publication. 

 If I have any regret to express it is, that Townsend or Dr. Morton or 

 yourself did not at once forward to me the whole of the Bird skins 

 brought latterly by Townsend, for I can assure you that it has 

 become a matter of the greatest niceity to distinguish the slight 

 though positive species lines of demarkation between our species of 

 Birds — and if on this reaching you, the least doubt exists amongst 

 yourselves respecting any one, why send it to me at once by the 

 very earliest conveyance. If by New York, with letter to M. 

 Berthoud to lose not a day, provided a packet, either to Live7'pooI 



' Outside address : 



To Edd Harris Esq^. 



Moorestown New Jersey 



9 miles from Philadelphia Pennsylvania 



U. S. A. 



