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I hope you have a more forward one with you. I cannot 

 yet tell until I hear again from Mr. Allen, when I shall be 

 in New York, or when I shall be able to go and make you 

 a visit, but I hope next month. 



I wish you would have Josephine make out a memo- 

 randum of things for me to buy in New York, & send me 

 at once as I may be there by the time you get this pos- 

 sibly. 



I wish I knew whether you were in want of money, as 

 I would send you a draft. I hope however that somebody 

 will pay enough for you to live upon while I am away, and 

 that you will live more comfortable than I do the most of 

 the time; for although stopping with the richest portion 

 of the people they are very plain livers in this part of 

 Virginia & it would be a great treat to me in that respect 

 if I could be treated by you. 



You may rest assured that I never forget my home, in 

 all my wanderings & wish I was there to enjoy the affec- 

 tion of a much loved wife & children. And I would have 

 you & them ever believe that I am truly your affectionate 

 husband & their loving father 



Solon Robinson. 



Yaupon Tea. 



[New York American Agriculturist, 9:194-95; June, 1850] 



[May ?, 1850] 



"What sort of tea did you say, sir?" Yaupon tea, 

 ma'am. I cannot give you the exact orthography of the 

 word. It may be yopon, yawpon, yuopon, or yoopon,' as 

 I have never seen it written, and it sounds from the 

 mouth of different individuals, like each of the above 

 words. 



"Well, never mind how it's spelled, but do tell us what 

 it is like, and where it is used, and where it comes from, 

 and all about it." 



' Robinson did not exhaust all the possibilities. Yapon, youpon, 

 and yupon are also listed by Webster's Dictionary as variant spell- 

 ings for yaupon, a species of holly, the leaves of which are used as 

 a substitute for tea. 



