
          Princeton November 21, 1840.


 My dear Sir,


 I would have had the pleasure of writting
 you since long time, if I had not spent some
 weeks in Washington, where I thought to
 find the plants of Mr. Nicollet, but alas
 still now they are not yet arrived. I have
 sent you at the beginning of our vaction
 a few [tuotoisee?] for your little daughter,
 as well as by Prof. St. Alexander a letter
 containing $30 [crossed out: for] for your [floral?] [inserted: of which I am not yet sure, whether you have received it] and here
 enclosed are $3, which I received a few
 days ago as the subscription of Prof. Moffat
 of Lafayette College. I came to late for 
 getting the Hypopaltir, I found only a bad
 specimen of Ciuta, of which I am not certain,
 whether it is the bulbifena. You will
 find it in No. 4 of your Flora, which

        