
          a slight examination.


    I shall write to Mr Brooks a merchant
 of our city, who will be in N. York 2 or 3 weeks hence
 to call & take the [?] [micro..?] &
 should you have recd them.


    Please to excuse the appearance of this
 letter, as I am preparing to set out
 on a trip to the [barrens?] to collect some of the
 early flowering plants of that interesting locality.


    Believe me sincerely your much
 obliged & most obedt servt


                                                A. Clapp
        