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you left this country for Europe. Poor fellow, he is obliged to 
attend to pursuits, quite foreign to science, & there is a probability 
that he will very shortly be obliged to seek new employment, as 
Mr. Allaire, with whom he is now engaged, is narrowing his business 
so that he will not need Halsey’s services. I have long been 
endeavouring to procure him a professorship—but no good situa- 
tion has yet offered. He is a fine scholar & is qualified to teach 
Latin & Greek—or almost any branch of nat[ural] history. Indeed 
he must have a situation, which will enable him to devote his 
whole time and talents to Nat. Science. His character in unex- 
ceptionable, & his manners are charming. 
You inquire respecting Le Conte. He was in New York a long 
time, confined with a terrible sore leg, but at length he has got 
about, & I believe went to the Scuth a week or two since. He has 
lately given his memoir on the violets [44] to the Lyceum, & it will 
be published shortly. I have some severe remarks to make on it. 
That package of Musci from Greville was a very long time in 
New York, owing to the negligence of a friend of mine. I am glad 
it reached you at length. 
I am now busily employed in writing an account of the plants 
collected west of the Mississippi on Long’s exped|itio]n [g1]. The 
whole will be arranged according to the Natl. Order. I have 
written much. The first part of the account is now printing in the 
Annals. You will be surprised to see what curious plants are in 
the collection—Many which were never before found north of 
Mexico. , Your faithful friend 
JoHN TORREY 
P.S. I lately heard of a very convenient way of sending packages 
to Bethlehem—viz. through Mr. Bininger of N. York. He kindly 
offered to take charge of anything for you. 
SCHWEINITZ TO TORREY 
BETHLEHEM March 11th 1827 
My dear Sir 
This time I am quite sure, that I have the advance of you— 
not having received an answer to my last—altho’ I am far from 
thinking you to blame, well knowing how many avocations you 
have. But I am extremely sorry that I have not yet been able 
