
                                                                                             New Albany Oct. 12th 1840
 Ansd.


                       Sir


                                   This is the third letter (besides
 one sent by a private[name?] that was stated with other
 papers) that I have written without receiving an
 answer, and I should not presume to trouble
 you with another did I not think they may have
 miscarried, or have been forgotten in intense ap-
 plication to your very interesting &  engrossing pursuits.
    Mr Jones as well as myself is very anxious
 to obtain the last [297.00?] of your excellent Flora, for
 which ten dollars were advanced two years since.
    I am well aware how valuable and how much oc-
 cupied your time must be, and should not intrude
 upon it, but it being a matter of business I cannot
 allow myself to believe there is any intention of
 neglect.


    Did Dr Gray obtain the lens & [?] in Europe?


                      Very Respectfully yours   A. Clapp


 J. Torrey M.D.


             
        