
          Philadelphia


 Mr Dear friend


 I rejoice to hear of your comtemplated visit to 
 Europe, & feel very thankful for your kind offer to 
 purchase any little philosophical toy or chemical
 apparatus. All I can say is that if you should
 meet with something of this sort which you
 think worth purchasing for yourself, I would
 rejoice to have [surprises?], but I am so poor that 
 I cannot advance the [sum?]. I should not like
 to exceed $50 provided this could be done with
 convenience to yourself. If you go to London
 don't fail to become acquainted with my good
 friend John E Gray of the British Museum, you
 find him all that you [since?]. I should like
 to send to Buckland a copy of my Trilobites
 but I fear I should not have an opportunity
 to forward them to you. With my best respects to 
 Mrs. Torrey & my warmest wishes & prayers for your
 pleasant passage & safe return I am your friend


 Jacob Green
 Feb 12, 1832
        