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Dear Geyer, 



I learned only now from Hooker that you are in England and that you arrived 

 there some time ago. I have received from Westport, from the Greenrivers and the 

 Spokane river and from the Sandwich Islands; on the other hand you apparently did 



not receive my letter which I sent l8¥f through I already told you in 



that letter long ebefore I receivdd your letter of January l8kk that I considered 

 you were overhasty and that I could not believe that you would persevere in this 

 opinion very long. I did not write to you in England since I did not know when and 

 if you would go there; but I was teery much surprised not to receive a letter from 

 you after you arrival there, especially so had to fulfill certain obligations there 

 which you had towards me andothers. — How you will do this now, I leave up to you 

 and expect your suggestions. I should have thought you should have sent me a complete 

 aet of your collection and we would have reached an agreement later how far this should 

 go to pay your debts. Should you have encountered misfortunes dicring you trip or 

 higher expenses than we originally figured, I would not have been the man tfa take wway 

 ttex]EXKXxtx you hard gainedprofits; in fact you can thank me that you creditors did 

 sfciiäx not confiscate your still unsold collections from England and Germany since I 

 strongly objected to that. 



However, your behaviour towards Hooker from whom you received so much support, 

 was very embarrassing to me. I hope youhave found ways and means to correct that, 

 otherwise I would not be able to forgive myself to have drawn his attention to you. 



Now our accounting. You owed me. You. owed me for June $ 69.69. Should I have 

 your Illinois plants for 4 3.00 per 100, i.e. 2323 specimens; From the rest I was 

 supposed to keep one specimen for you and one for König und the rest I was to seil 

 for your account.— I made up 20 collections of 150 specimens each, i.e. 3000 which 

 I tried to seil here and in England. And 30 collections of 100 specimens each, which 

 again are 3000 which I sent to Germany; of both only fery few were bought even though 

 I set the price very low; $ 6.00 for the first ones and 10 Gulden for the second. 

 The expenses fof these collections amount to 4 23.00, for labels printing $ 9.00 f 

 naper 6.25, cardboarcP?.75 and freight 5.00; — Up^ow, as far as I know, approx. 

 5 or 6 of the 4 150.00 have been sold and 10 of the $ lOo.OO 



Please let me know what you wish me to do with your property. 



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