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Trustees would be willing to increase
the salary of the Dr. I agree with
you in the opinion as to his qualifications.
I think he has an excellent mind
and in every respect admirably
well fitted to discharge all the
duties of a Professor in the College
of New Jersey.

I am glad to learn that you
have a prospect of making a satisfactory
disposition of your plants. It
will be gratifying to know that
they will be preserved in a permanent
Institution. I think however that
you are too modest in your demand
and that the [crossed out: University] [added: College] ought to give
you at least double that sum.
Your collection is the most valuable
in the country not only on account
of the number and variety of the specimens
but also in regard to the historic associations.

I think it would be important
to the [crossed out: University] [added: College] to elect you one of the
        