
          Recd [Received] Aug 24                                                                   
 And [Answered] 25.                                                                                     


 Middletown Connt [Connecticut]
 Aug 21st 1840


 My Dear friend,


 I feel more than ever a desire to visit you again
 on the score of friendship, as well as for the pleasure of [added: a] scientific
 conference. I began some days [added: illegible] to answer your letters,
 but found I had so much to say, when my sheet was filled
 nothing less than a second sheet would answer for the present
 occasion. In the first place give my best respects to your
 Daughters and say to them that Dr B [Barratt] has not forgotten the Insects,
 when I made an arrangement of my insects some time ago.
 I sorted some for them, and shall before long make
 additions to those already set aside, & Present my best regards
 to my young friends Misses Torrey.


 You spoke of the Death of  Sir Wm Hooker's son Can you tell me
 if this is the one I was to forward Insects to I wish to know
 before I write Sir W [William] Hooker, and take any further steps
 relative to the  Division of my N. [North] American Insects.
 I have now a large collection that fills more than 40 boxes!
 It was my intention to send sets for Sir W Hooker and Dr. Greville.
 The Memoir on the Botanical services of the Duke of Bedford
 I have not seen should be delighted to read it provided
 you send it me. I will soon return it.
 I now return you with thanks the 2 last numbers of Dr Shorts
 Catalogues having received these lately from the authors
 with a promise of a full set of his rare plants [crossed out: illegible]
 during the winter. Dr S [Charles Wilkins Short] is now at Louisville! at the Med Inst. [Medical Institute]
 Mr. Buckley wrote me from Allenton Alabama
 Aug 30, stating his intention to start on the following
 Thursday to Botanize on the Mountains of N. [North] Carolina
 and Tennesee he would be absent on this excursion
 6 weeks, and will endeavor to make the most of his time
 Having as he informs me a vacation of six weeks

        