
                                                                                                                                                                              Wms. Coll. June 17, 1823

Dear Sir,

I thank you for your letter by Mr. Davis,
and the minerals. So for I began my letter long ago, and 
then sent another.  It is now Sept. 1 and as I have not 
heard from you as to Cork &c., I shall now only say,
as I have time to write a line by Murry of your
city, that I expect to be gone  until he returns, on
about Oct. 1, when he will bring what you have
to send. Till then, unless you have sent, you had
better wait. He will be careful to bring what you
may have. Permit me however to say, that 
Cork and [Canius?], is still [ing?] and echo of this 
valley.

I have looked over [Pihh.? some?]
but not so as I wished. I have put up a few [Conius?] 
for Mr. [Abraham] Halsey, as some return for his kindness,
& I hope he will look at them for my good. I 
suppose then on a few [?][?] here. We
have from Troy both varients of C. [fillita?] in
[?],& ours is not in it. All are very different from 
that longer and brood hoped [?] I have so often [sent?],
that agrees better with C. [biorgota?], tho' that
has in [?][?] which ours rarely has.
In other respects, it is better than C.[fillita?]
much. What is it is I know not. But ours
has sometimes inclosed [?], or our
at least is closed.

        