
          me to have them, at all, & so did not mention 
 his name in my preface, as I had wished to do. 
 If I come on to N.Y. [New York] I shall look for pickings 
 from his collection. 


 I have been very busy. So has Jane, in 
 various ways. Carey wrote her lately a letter 
 with particulars about his engagement, told her 
 she might send it to Mrs. T. [Torrey] or the girls. She
 was going to do it, even before Eliza's last 
 letter, but she has not found the time  yet. She
 does not throw off letters as she used to, does not
 write for me at all, has to write to her father & 
 brother abroad, & that is as much about as she 
 can accomplish. 


 I have read about 80 pages of proofs of Expl. Exped. [Exploring Expedition]
 & this only goes to Violaceae. Their page & open 
 printing does not hold much. One of my Pl. [Plantae]
 Wrightianae pages would make 3 of their pages.


 I have offered Brackenridge to do his Latin 
 after he passes what you did. I am to read 
 his proofs. But only one has as yet been
 sent me. I know not the cause of the 
 delay; as it was agreed his vol. [volume] should come out 
 first. He is revising his matter on ahead.
        