
          Mission Inst. 19 Feb 1842


 Dear Sir


 As I find an opportunity of sending to N.Y. & of
 getting books from there I address you a note which must
 of necessity be hastily written, but legible as I hope. My engagements
 here give me but little leisure for letter writing.
 I received a line from Dr Mead [crossed out: a sho] two days since, in which
 I hear from you. From an intimation in his letter I am
 expectng one from you soon. He writes me that he has
 completed an extensive arrangement for exchanges - for
 which he is eminently qualified being extensively acquainted
 with the species. I hope your Flora which he intends to procure
 this spring will lead him to a fuller acquaintance with
 the Natural System. He is a fine Christian & a close reader
 of the Greek Testament - much more so than any minister
 I know. I learn from Dr Nelson that he left my last letter
 for you with Anona triloba seeds & also $10 with a
 friend who will hand them to you. I wish he had dropped
 the whole into the P.O. but you doubtless received them
 I am happy that I have the prospect of obtaining the F.
 so early in the spring. If I left [crossed out: My Bec] my Beck's Botany
 at your house I should be glad to get it by the same conveyance.
 I have not succeeded in hearing from Dr Gray either
 directly or indirectly since the day he returned from Europe.
 Has his Botany reached a second edition? I have just found
 where I can borrow a copy & mean to read it again this year.
        