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When I had written thus far, I was interrupted by the post- 
man’s bringing in your letter of May roth, informing me of the 
transmission of the promised box of Surinam plants, & of Fries’ 
much desired work [24]. Surely I have another proof of your 
enduring friendship, in thus remembering me in the hurry & 
occupation necessarily attendant on the setting out upon a long 
journey. You will be much in my thoughts till you return, & 
I pray may be restored sound in body, & richly laden with the 
Lord’s grace, to your happy family. l 
In less than a fortnight I expect to start for Princeton in N. 
Jersey where, (I believe I informed you) I am engaged to give a 
course of lectures on Chemistry, to occupy me ten weeks. I shall 
be in a good botanical region & not far from the famous Pine 
barrens. Three active young men are to accompany me as 
pupils, & I hope to make them very useful to me in preserving a 
large quantity of botanical specimens. 
Your request respecting the collections which Mr. Drummond 
. expects to make, shall, (D.V.) be faithfully attended to. I shall 
order duplicates of the very species which I desire for my own 
Herbm. & I very much doubt whether I shall be able to obtain 
more than the number you mentioned. At any rate it seems 
quite out of the question for me to go beyond 300 species unless 
I can tempt him with some of our New England Mosses in the 
way of exchange; for Mr. D. was quite surprised to see so many 
kinds from that part of the country in my collection, that he did 
-not meet with in his journey to the North, & he wished much to 
obtain a large supply of them. 
I remain, My Dear Sir 
Yours respectfully & affect{ionatelly, 
TORREY 
New York, August 13th 1831.[*] 
My Dear Sir 
On my return to the city a day or two since, after an absence 
of nearly three months, I found your acceptable letter of the 31st 
ult. It gives me sincere pleasure to learn that you have been 
preserved during your journey & have returned safely to, your 
* [Inclosed with the preceding letter.] 
