
          Paris July 7th, 1822


 Dear Torrey,


 Yours of April & May 30th has at last
 reached me, though not in time to prevent the angry
 things I said in mine of the 10th June. I really
 thought myself very much neglected & I think you 
 must allow, with reason. I had written on the 1st Feb'y [February]
 to request you to send me by the first vessel which
 should sail from Havre before the 15th April my duplicate plants
 & a few books. For particular reasons I was very anxious
 that they should arrive before I left Paris. I knew that
 the ship which carried this letter has arrived at N.Y. on the
 22nd March and I took it for granted that you received it
 within a day or two after. I knew also that one if not more
 vessels left N.Y. for Havre between that time & the 15th April.
 When all arrived and I received not even a [?] from you.
 I had written besides several other letters which I thought
 would interest you a little. I knew they had arrived, but
 they were not answered. If it had been anyone whose
 character I am less acquainted with than yours, I would not
 have been so patient as I was. In the letter which you
 were prevented from sending by the unlucky Albion
        