
          Boston Aug 3 1832

My dear sir,

I have at last rec'd yours of 18 April 
at the time you wrote I was in Charleston, S.C. 
it was sent from here to Philadelphia under the 
impression that I should return by the way of 
that city & has at last been forwarded from 
that city- I made a pretty good collection 
in Charleston of the Spring plants of its neighborhood 
but have done very little since my return.
I have been for some years [but?] slightly 
acquainted with Miss Din & consider her 
one of the most interesting & intelligent 
of the ladies of Boston. I dont know how far 
you have attended to our Algae, but should 
be very happy to know that you could determine 
for her the genera & species she has 
so industriously collected in our vicinity &
        