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 Amherst Nov. 27th 1833


 Dear Sir,


 Please to accept a copy of my
 Report which I forward by the bearer and
 also my hearty thanks for your kindness
 in examining the Catalogue of Plants.
 I regret that some mistakes have occured
 in it in consequence of my sickness while it
 was going through the press. The most [importunate?]
 is the insertion in a part of it of those
 parallel lines which you placed against such
 species as you wished me to send you! There
 was no alternative _ the printers must go on
 to fulfil their engagements to the Government
 & I was comprelled to leave on account of
 my health _ The gentleman who examined the
 proof thought it safe to follow all your
 corrections & so put in the parallel lines!


 I am directed by Governor Lincoln
 to express to you his sense of obligation, for 
 the kind assistance you have rendered
 in this matter.


 In haste you friend & servant


 Edward Hitchcock

        