
          Washn. [Washington] Sept 12


 My dear Professor,


 I have the
 drawings of Capt. Beckwith's
 bot. [botanical] collection and also
 those of Stevens's. I wrote 
 for Capt. Pope's. You may
 recollect that more than two
 months ago you sent me 
 eight of them, the remaining
 two not being then finished.
 At that time Mr. Seaman
 (at least so I understood him)
 was willing [crossed out: that] to receive
 all the botanical drawings
 merely by a letter from me
 saying where they were and
 how many [added: there were] and I thought
        