
          Recd & And
Aug. 16/

Smithsonian Inst.
Aug. 14th 1860

My Dear Dr

On my return to this city I
made enquity of our curator
Mr [Vanden?], as to the [Brackenridge?]
[ferns?], and learned that they
had been sent to Dr. Gray in order
to furnish Dr. R. B. Van der Bosch
of the Netherlands with a set of duplicates.
This fact had escaped my
memory at the time I saw Mr Eaton
at Newport.

I shall write to Dr. Gray on
the subject by the next mail and
direct him to send you the [ferns?].
All we deserve is a full set for
the Museumn of the Institution, and
that the duplicates many be disposed
of in the best manner for the advancement
of science.

        