
          Mission Institute 2 June 1840


 Dear Sir,


 If you have received my previous letters
 you are aware of my strong desires to obtain the
 numbers of the Flora. You may recollect that I once
 wrote requesting you to send them out by some conveyance,
 & I would remit by the first conveyance. Not receiving
 any answer I requested Dr. Nelson to to leave $10
 with you. He left it & a letter for you with J S. Taylor
 (Brick Ch. Chapel) I was sorry he could not bring back
 the books. At length I was rejoiced to learn that a
 kind and accomodating friend would visit N.Y. & would
 bring back my long expected treasure. Only one objection
 occurred - he would not return till in May & for
 a part of the season I must use my hated Eaton.
 [crossed out: I waited - Saw Dr] I sent. While waiting his return, saw
 Dr Mead & in his numbers rejoiced over my own. My
 friend returned last friday night & Saturday, full
 of impatience I repaired to his house - He had nothing
 for me! You may judge my disappointment. My first
 impulse was to write you at once but reflecting that
 a letter written under a feeling of disappointment is
 never an agreeable one I have waited till now. I know you
 too well to attribute your silence to indifference
 or neglect. Probably my last letter reached your house
 while you were absent _ or _ but I try in vain to guess the
 reason. It may seem to you that I am unreasonably anxious 
 -perhaps so, but probably not more so than you would 
 be in my case. I would gladly take a journey of 40 miles
 to obtain the Flora. I see absolutely nothing of a scientific
 nature except at Dr Mead's. I live 40 miles from
 him & we see each other rarely. I have been busy making
 arrangements for a trip ^ [inserted: tomorrow] 15 or 20 miles down the river
 for plants & must I fear dely [delay] the rest of this till my return.


 3 June. The weather is not very favorable & I defer my excursion
 to another week taking in lieu of it a [crossed out: an excurs] trip to
 a point [inserted: on the river] about 10 miles from here. I think I have now [crossed out [?]]
 brought ^ [inserted: to perfection] my port-flora for collecting plants. I have just

        