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Amherst College., July 1, 1829. 

 To Prof. E. Hitchcock, 



Respected Sir, — Understanding that you have prepared in manuscript a 

 catalogue of the plants, -which are found in the vicinity of this place, the 

 members of the Junior class, now attending your lectures on the subject of 

 botany, in the belief that their knowledge of the science, and the interest of 

 their botanical tours, may be increased by the posssession of such a work, re- 

 quest your consent to the favour of its publication. 



Yours with respect, 



Samuel G. Appleton, William Arms, Abijah R. Baker, Mark Carpenter, 

 Alvan W. Chapman, Samuel W. Clark, Henry H. Coolidge, Charles 

 C. Corss, George Eastman, Henry E. Eastman, Ephraim Fobes, Thom- 

 as L. Furber, Horatio' B, Hackett, Job Hall, David A. Hayes, Is- 

 rael Hills, George L. Holmes, H. Augustus Homes, Daniel M. Lord, Charles 

 Maxwell, James L. Merrick, Stephen C. Millet .Ephrahim EL. Nelson, M.H. 

 Kiles, James Parsons, Ezekiel Y. Peck, Oliver P. Powers, Thomas R. Raw- 

 son, B. Schneider, Gideon E. Searl, M. Parsons Stickney, Abner Taylor, 

 Abijah R Thayer, W. S. 7'yl«r, Almond Underwood, Lawrence H. Van Dyck, 

 John Wade, Jr. Francis Warriner, Reed Wilkinson, Bradford D. Willis. 



