
          Williams College Oct. 20th 1818.

Dear Sir,

Your letter & the valuable plants came safely, 
& I am highly obliged to you for both. I shall be very 
happy to send you any plants I have, & as happy to receive
some of your section of the country. I had reason
to suspect my catalogue was somewhat erroneous, but
that best to send it, & hope its mistakes will be corrected &
that you will point them out to me for my benefit.
Mr. Eaton did all that a man could do in his situation to
name [added: the] plants correctly, & it is in no small degree honorable
to him that no more mistakes have been detected. I have
found out some of them this summer, & by looking 
over the plants now sent to the Lyceum from me, you
will be able to detect more. I hope you will do me the 
favor to send me the true names of those misnamed. I
know I ask of you much, & you will judge whether 
too much. I have sent to the Lyceum most of those Mr.
Paulding mentioned, & about fifty numbered which I 
did not know or about which I doubted. All the cryptogamous 
plants of the catalogue I do not know. I have
sent duplicates & triplicates of many plants to the Lyceum
& requested you might have any you wanted, which it
did not. Your letter reached me so lately, that I have not
been able to put up any separately for you, which will
be some apology. Besides, when you see them, you can
tell me what you want, & I will send them soon as
possible. I have duplicates of many now on hand, which 
are at your service. Some of the specimens are poor
but some are good. I send larger specimens, knowing
that you can shorten them as you please. 
        