
          Northampton (Mass.) Sept. 20th 1817

Dear Friend

I received your letter of Aug. 27th. I am
very sorry you were so disapoined at [?]
My [?] was not introduced, unless mullins were.
I do wish you propse Prof. Dewey as a corresponding 
member. You say I have not sent plants
etc. I have them ready for you, but wait for a good
opportunity. Has Doct. Mitchill received the minerals 
I sent him? I did not receive my M.S. till last
Tuesday, and now Rome has kept hack or given
to Pendleton the important excerpt I mentioned. I
begin to talk of Doct. Eddy & flora, and shall
hint it, incidentally, to Begelow. You say 
want northern plants. I believe I can help
you considerably in that way. You may depend
on my doing all I can if  Doct. Eddy
will really go on in earnest. What do you
mean by my saying [Salonium?] alkekengi? There 
is no such thing in the book. You marvel at [?] 
levisticum - ask your mother to show you
some garden lovage [added: or [?]] and other see  what I mean
at the end. These signs are often omitted by the
careless printer, but not in this case.

The corpration of Williams College conferred
on the degree of Master of Arts at commencement.
How will my enemies like this? 
The president and faculty signed a very flattering
recomendation also in my favor. But as Doct.
Mitchill was the first who mentioned his name in
my behalf and gave me a very handome ouset
        