
          New York 18th May 1825

Dear Torrey,

I received the App. [Appendix] to Parry's
Voyage from London two or three days ago and was
just thinking of copying out the Cariy [Carices?] for you to leave you
no excuse [crossed out: from] for any longer delay when I received yours of
yesterday. You ask what you are to do? I think your course
is very clear. You must certainly recast the whole of
your materials. Schweinitz is no Philadelphian, he will not
be jealous, and in giving you his Hist. [Carm?] [Historia Cariceum? [Monograph of the North American species of Carex?]] no doubt
intended you to make what use you should think best. A
preface in your own name will certainly be expected, in which
you must state the share ea. [each] of you had in the work.  I
would not however where the appearance of your additions in
notes in brackets. Could you not, as certainly you ought to
secure your own share of the credit of the work without
injury to [optiming?] [noster?] Schweinitz, in some other
manner? It should appear as the joint production of
the only two persons who can do it properly and be quoted
"Torr. et Schw. Car. Amer. [Monograph of the North American species of the genus Carex, by L.D. de Schweinitz; edited by John Torrey.]"
        