
          Ansd [Answered] Aug 27th

Charleston 27th May 1839.

My dear Sir,

I had the pleasure
of receiving your last by the hands of
Mr Brydgers of London, a gentleman
whom I found to be intelligent, modest, unassuming, 
and ardent in his favorite branch
though not so profound as I should have
supposed an English Ornithologist to have
been. He relinquished his intention of visiting
Cuba and is doubtless with you by this time.

You may add two more to your list
of subscribers, Dr. H. R. [Henry Rutledge] Frost Prof. of Mat. Med. [Materia Medica]
in the Med. Coll. [Medical College] of this city, and Dr. Barrett
of Abbeville S.C. Mr. Bachman is also a 
subscriber, but I hope this letter will be placed
in your hands by him. You will then be able
to confer with him personally on the subject
and also with regard to Mr. Elliott's herbarium
        