
          Cambridge, Saturday Evening.
Feb. 17th. 1849.

My Dear Doctor

I was distressed at receiving your
favor of the 7th & 8th, inst. only this afternoon,
under cover from Hastings, who had mislaid &
forgotten it.

I should of course have replied
to it at once.

On hearing from Emory, Wright [wrote] at
once to [added: him at] Washington to say that still he would
be glad to go as Botanist, if his transportation
to California & his mere subsistence were furnished.
_ he would prepare his own materials for collecting;
and would in that case expect to collect, not
only a set of the plants for Col. Emory or Government,
and whoever worked them up, say yourself,
but would expect to make up sets enough in
a quiet way, for Lowell, myself, and a few others
the pay for which would reimburse his expenses,
outfit, etc. (which we should have to provide)

He would still go, gladly, if there is yet
time & a chance, under whatever name, with the
pay of a dollar a day, which you mention,
& divide his collections with Col. Emory, so
that he & yourself should be well supplied. He
(W.) have a set himself for his own herbarium, and a few
to dispose of simply to make him even with the world again.
        