
          And. [Answered] May 13th


 Bridgewater May 8th 1834. 


 Dear Sir 


 My friend the bearer of this will 
 call upon you for my microscope. and my copy 
 of Beck. Eaton & Lindley. I want them very 
 much by the 25th of May. when I commence my 
 lectures at Hamilton College. I sent a few weeks 
 ago 2 copies of my Gram. & Cyp. [North American Gramineae and Cyperaceae] (all I had not subscribed 
 for) and a letter. Where they received?


 I have been detained here two weeks by the very 
 alarming sickness of my former preceptor Dr. Trowbridge
 which has interrupted my Northern expedition.
 It must be either given up entirely or postponed 
 until August. I am anxious to hear from 
 you. to learn whether your course of lectures is 
 well attended, when you leave for Princeton,
 and at what time you will return again to 
 New York. I think I had best remain in 
 the interior until Sept. [September] and collect plants very 
 largely. I have already commenced the botanical
 campaign with more than usual zeal.


 Please remember me to Mrs. T. [Torrey] and Mr. Shaw.
 and let me have a line from you. and 
 very much oblige


 Yours truly


 A. [Asa] Gray
        