
          Troy, Oct. 6. 1831.

To Professor J. Torrey.

Mr. Ball of Lansingburgh will
Will deliver you this package. He is by 
Profession a Lawyer, was liberally
educated, and has recently directed his
attention to the Natural Sciences. He has
abanoned the profession, and is now
about to travel extensively in the
Missouri and Rocky Mountain
districts. He will be useful to Science, 
but needs some instruction to qualify
him for deciding when he has a
new thing. I shall help him all
I can, so must you.

[Herzekiah?] left then packages
with a Mr. Manors; who left Troy
and left no refuge for me and
being at the South when Herzekiah
left Troy; and [Banous?] left
here suddenly. With research enquiry
I got a clue to the packages,
after receivong your letter.

Your friend,
Amos Eaton
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