
          Recd. [Received] July 1st
 ansd. [Answered] Aug. 19th


 Jackson Louisiana June 15th 1839


 My dear Sir


 I had the pleasure a few days since to 
 receive your kind favour of May 26th, and hasten to 
 answer it. I am now about leaving for my summer 
 botanizing tour in the frontier, and hope to get north 
 of New River which is no doubt a fine field.


 I yesterday recieved [received] information from my 
 agent in New Orleans that the promised package to you 
 was shipped, together with a box to your care for Dr
 Silliman, [crossed out: had been] on board the (ship?) Ocmulgee, to 
 the care of H.J. Leverich N.Y. it was hoped that they 
 would reach N.Y. in about 15 days from that date (June 9th)
 In your package are three others which I hope will 
 not give you trouble to forward to their destinations. 
 The package to Prof. Phillippi I am anxious
 should teach him if possible; if not pray dispose
 of it as you see fit.


 All the botanical information I can 
 get will of course be at your service, for I think 
 that a work such as you are now engaged in is
 the great desideratum with American botanists. I have 
 had plants for years on hand which I have determined 
 satisfactorily only since your 2 nos. reached 
 me. The Cocculus carolinianus I looked upon as a new 
 species of menispermum or new genus. I have had 
 many plants undetermined, perhaps now, but being 
 left to depend solely on the meagre and often wrong 
 discriptions [descriptions] of [added: some of] our botanists, and without the facilities 
 which many enjoy of comparing with accurately 
 labelled herbariums, I have been obliged 
 to leave them unlabelled, or lay hold on the alternative


 [in margin]
 Any thing directed as follows will reach me
 W.M. Carpenter
 Jackson Louisiana
 Care of Mr. William Flower
 New Orleans

        