
          Phil. [Philadelphia] Sept. [September] 14th 1857


 Prof. [Professor] John Torrey, N. Y. [New York]


 My dear sir,


 In answer to your favor of the 10th  instant, which I have 
 just received, I will say: That the 150 copies of D. & H.'s report,
 which have been sent to you, have not been ordered by me. 
 Through cap. Hilgard of Washington I have obtained 12 copies
 which I had requested him to procure for me from the printer.
 Being dissatisfied with the work and with the [manner?] in which
 it had been published, I did not feel anxious to present it to
 my friends. These twelve copies were accompanied with a 
 bill of $2.50; but they have a little page! I am very desirous
 now to obtain through you, my dear sir, 12 sets of proof impressions
 to add to the printed reports already received.


 These 150 copies may have been sent to you by mistake,
 instead of being directed to Dr Hilgard who, generally, has
 many extra copies of his memoirs printed, to send to his numerous
 friends in Germany.


 As the original drawings of Dr Hilgard have been somewhat
 altered, it would be necessary to have [crossed our: to have] copies of the present [crossed out: plates?]
 to establish descriptions of them. Should it be asking too much at your
 hands, my dear sir, to do this little work forces? It seems to me
 that it will not require 15 minutes. 
        