
          Wilmington N.C. May 24th 1841


 [note in pencil: Rec'd May 29th]
 [note in pen: Ansd. Oct. 20th 1842]
 [note in pencil: Dr. Gray's letter on
 Aug't 5th]


 Dear Sir, 


 I should not address you just now
 had it not occurred to me to suggest a more
 suitable route for the package you have for
 me, than the one intimated in my late letter
 to Dr. [Asa] Gray. You had better send them, like
 the one sent last Fall, to Raleigh N.C. (care
 of Turner & Hughes) via Petersburg, Va. (care of
 J.G. McPheeters). If you have already sent them
 to Washington, it does not matter, as I can easily
 get them sent to me. You have no need to trouble
 yourself with seeking a vessel, for if you deposit
 articles for me in the Office of Mr. [crossed out: Hu] Turner
 in Broadway No. __ upstairs, they will reach me.


 I wish to say, that it is by no suggestion of
 mine, that these packages were sent to your
 care. I should not have thought of troubling in
 that way, as you have doubtless enough of better
 business to perform. I am however greatly obliged
 to you for your favor in taking charge of them,
 & should be happy if I had opportunity to reciprocate.
        