
          Amhurst May 29th 1829


 Dear Sir,


 As you express a wish to get a
 copy of my enlarged botanical drawings I made
 the enquiry of Mrs. Hitchcock whether she could
 make any arrangement for painting them.
 She thinks that in the early part of the
 present summer she might so arrange the affairs
 of her family as to accomplish this object if sickness
 should not prenvent. The drawings are contained
 upon five sheets of paper 2 ft 8 inches by
 2 ft 6 inches attached to cloth varnished etc. -
 They are calculated for illustrating all of the
 original Classes & Orders of the Linnean System &
 the number of figures is 111. As to compensation
 Mrs. H thinks she could do them in the
 same style as my own for something like
 forty follars - certainly not higher than this
 & perhaps for less. It is not an undertaking
 which she seeks but if you have any wish
 that she should do it you will oblige her
 by letting her know of it immediately.


 I want to trouble you with about ten
 minutes work at your Lyceum rooms. I accidently
 omitted to copy the thickness of the different
 rock strata on Mr Featherstonhaughs large profile  
        