
          Washington June 12th 1852


 Dr John Torrey
 etc etc etc


 Dear Sir.


 I received yesterday, your letter of
 the 8th inst. and in reply I have to state
 that before leaving El Paso in December last,
 Major Emory requested me to take charge of 
 two boxes of plants as far as San Antonio,
 which were intended for your examination
 & description. This I did, and delivered
 them as requested by him, and in accordance
 with the directions upon them, to Messrs.
 J.R. Sweet & Co. of San Antonio.
 Knowing that you would very naturally
 wish to get these collections as soon
 as possible, I stated to Mr. Sweet
 that I would put them along with
 some packages of my own and

        