
          Ansd

Rochester Nov. 19. '42.

My Dear Sir,

Since I wrote you, I have seen 
Mr. [Connell?]. He is much obliged by your
attention to his mother. He would be glad
to get that notice you alluded to,
[forming?] the [reputation?] of  the Wine fungus.
Should you lay your hands upon it, I
should like to see it. Please send it to
me, & I will carry it to him. He
wishes to publish it in the Friends'
Periodical in Phila. There they
published the hoax, & he wrote
there it must be false, & they
published his letter, but he would
be glad send them the [reputation?], &
have it published for their honor, &
remove a sort of shame at having such
a piece in the work.

I wrote you the other day. I should
not now write, but that a friend goes to
the city, & will bear this to you.

I recd. a fine parcel of Carices from
Boott the other day, English & Continental,
C. vesicaria is our plant.
        