
          Wilmington Apr. 16th 1836


 Recd. May 6th


 My Dear Sir,


 The day before I left Lincoln I recd.
 you kind letter in answer to my last. I should say,
 last but one [underlined: but one], as I trust you have recd. a letter from
 me since that to which yours was a reply. I hold
 myself under much obligation to you for the frequency
 of your correspondence. It is a pleasure & privilege
 which I had not originally expected, but which I
 shall be proud to enjoy a continuance of.


 Hooker has just come down upon me for plants.
 This letter was superscribed "Moses A Curtis, esq. M.A."
 If he had known I was a Clergyman, he might [added: have] put
 the climax to the address by prefixing a Rev [underlined: Rev]. I shall
 be very happpy to supply him with anything in my power
 to contribute, but I have hardly a dozen plants to spare
 from the list which he has drawn from my Catalogue.
 And then again, I do not want exotics, for if I once
 commence upon them I shall find no stopping place.
 All I wish to procure is N. American plants, which
 possibly he cannot supply. If, however, you would
 like his plants, & will yourself furnish me with
 specimens from our own country, we can perhaps
 make an arrangement for exchanging. Otherwise
 I shall have to give [underlined: give] him whatever I can spare.
 Let me hear from you upon this.

        