
          Our poor Refinesque is dead, without having
 completed his great work upon the new genera of
 North American plants and his numerous works 
 annouced since seveal years. The poor man is
 dead broken hearted by all the miseries his [he] has
 experienced by his financial undertaking 
 He leaves a large heap of specimens which
 I hear are in [added: a] [wretched?] condition.


 With the expectation to see you
 in Phila [Philadelphia] in the course of the winter


 I remain yours respectfully


 E. [Elias] Durand


 November 25th 1840
        