
          New Haven Feb. [February] 14. 1859


 Dear Doctor Torrey,


 These four
 numbers of Linnaea
 were enclosed to me 
 in a parcel from Dr Gray
 with the request that they 
 should be sent on to you.


 My Father takes them to
 N. Y. [New York] on his way to Washington
 where he goes for a few
 weeks, being appointed on
 a board to devise
        