
          I cannot raise the money
 to meet his current expenses
 and he away in the interior
 of Russian America. The
 money would be needed by
 1' of April. I can't bear to think
 of the possibility of dishonoring
 his drafts through Hudson
 Bay Co. Unless Kennicott
 has a subscription for plants
 he would collect any, conforming
 himself to what is 
 called for.


 Terribly gloomy here.
 I don't know what
 is to become of Smithsonian 
 matters.


 Sincerely yours
 S.F. Baird


 Dr. Torrey
 NY

        