
          Cambridge. Friday Morning. 


 My Dear Friend 


 Your letter of Monday came duly.
 What a great loss for Princeton the death of Prof. [Albert Baldwin] Dod must 
 be. I cannot yet realize it at all, but it must 
 be felt as a deeply afflictive blow at Princeton, and 
 his young family left helpless, and I suppose with
 little of this world's goods. His poor widow will indeed 
 need much grace to bear it with becoming resignation and 
 trust. 


 I know not how it happened that the box of plants 
 did not come to you on Friday. I fear the plants 
 suffered a little for being so long packed. They were 
 well packed, I believe, but I fear the flower-buds ready 
 formed were lost. 


 The Nootka Sound Expedition I fear will not be just 
 yet revived. Bache does not wish to spare Davis, who is
 now at Washington, and has charge of some pretty important
 researches on the Gulf-stream. On this return I shall
 have specimens of the mud brought up from very deep
 soundings in the Gulf Stream. I hope to get some for 
 Bailey, as I suspect it will contain tropical polygastrica
 &c.


 I fear I have misunderstood you on a former occasion
 and got into a scrape. I understood, in my own mind the 
 impression was very distinct, that the set of Carices from 
 Knieskern was to be given to Tuckerman, on condition 
 of his ascertaining the names to be correct, or rectifying. 
 Accordingly when he brought back the parcel, and told me

        