
          Troy. Nov. 5th 1819

Dear friend,

I have so totally lost the course of our correspondence,
that I do not know where to begin or what
I have answered. You will ascribe this negligence.
But you would find no supporters in that opinion
in Troy, Hudson or Waterford. I will detain you with a
line or two on my affairs. From the first of May
until the 23d of Oct. I never gave less than four
lectures per week and [oftener?] six or eight. I collected 
specimens continually, and met my classes three 
or four times each week for exercising them in analyzing
plant &c.[etc.] I never write a lecture; but I prepare
notes of head, and [?] specimens for [ishytrating ?] the
subjects upon which I lecture. I have lectured in the
court-houses of four counties in four successive days, and
in the academy of a fifth county on the fifth day.
The counties were Greene, Columbia, Albany, Rensselaer
and Saratoga.

I calculate to be at home nearly every night
until next April. I may lecture in Albany and other
neighboring towns. My plants are not all arranged yet.
Charlotte [added: E.] has gone to Brimfield, not to return until
the last of the month. She went with my [hosts
the clergyman When she returns, she will arrange our 
plants. I give her duplicates, when I have any.
I let her divide the specimens which you sent me
when they can possibly be divided. She has collected
about six hundred species with her own hand,
in company with Miss M. Buel and others.

I have just gone through your catalogue and
marked the plants, which I have not in my collection.
But I have marked none of the grasses, Aster, Soldagos,
non Cryptogamous plants beyond ferns; because
I cannot depend on my own labelling. I do
no ask you to [send?] all those; but [the?] send such as
you happen to have to spare. When convenient I should 
like large specimens or branches [so?] as to divide with Charlotte.

        