
          Monday morning
I have been to the Society's room and find
I have not a compleat set of Geological specimens
for Dr. Mc Neven. Several, which would be most
interesting to him are wanting. I send you and him 
two small pieces of beryle from Haddom, a piece
of adulria from Brimfield, a small piece of the
Lamellarbarytes from the little falls, a poor specimen
of [tresolite?] from Canaan leon, and a
piece of plumose mica from near Middlefield
and perhaps in the town, Hunt collected it. I do not
know that either of you want either of these specimens.
Let the one take to which either of them
will be of any use; or break such as may happen
to be of any use to both of you. I have nothing
else here in Albany. These I left when I lecture
here. I will send each a compleat set of Geological
specimens. But I believe I cannot do it until
next spring. I intend then to bring 100 set to Troy, and 
have them labelled with printed labels.

I have been so long at the Capitolm th[?]
must stop short.

Yours a
Amos Eaton.

Dr. John Torrey

I must always spell your name fully out
and always say the John in conversation. For
we have a fool here, Dr. Jesse Torrey, whom
every body knows. He lives at New Lebanon,
but he is every where peddling his books
about Negros &c.[etc.]

[drawing of finger pointing to the right to the following note]
Do get the Mosses  ready immediately
and write to Castleton. If you fail [added: or are delayed] in the Mosses,
send the rest immediately.

A.E.
        