
          Boston. Oct: 8 1840

My dear Sir,

Since you were here
I have returned to Boston, the confused
mass which cumbered my
library has disappeared, & one may
travel in safetyacross the room without
being in danger from piles of falling books or
heaps of plants; this being the most important 
revolution I have to record. I
hasten to inform you of it. Secunde
I have examined sundry packages of plants,
& have routed out horts of synginesia,
a very respectable lot. I Drummond & Richardson
from North West, a smaller bunch,
Drummond, Texas, & a very considerable

        