
          Rcd. July 12

Oriskany June 3rd 1839

I received your letter of the 8th of May
last. I have not changed my plans of visiting Essex Co. &
to set out in about two weeks, to spend about a week
among the mountains and longer if necessay, and as
soon as practicable after my return to start for the
southern countries Steuben, Allegany, Cattaraugus and
Chautauua Counties, and on my return homeward stop
at several places along the course of the Erie canal

If you can help me a little in the money line it will
be very acceptable at the present time. I have been
collecting largely in this neighborhood, have visited
Rome Swamp, the Pine Plains, Fish Creek etc. etc.
I have just secured a good supply of Carex blepharophora
in good time and other Carices in great numbers.
It has been quite healthy here for a month or 6 weeks
and I have had a good time to collect plants.

If you have not yet visited Delaware Co. I
think you would be interested I passed through
it in the winter season, it is extremly rough
and I think would merit an examination. There
is what the what the inhabitants call a mountain
(Oquaga) between Great Bend and South Bainbridge
which might furnish something interesting.
Farther west than Binghampton I have never visited
but have passed over South into Pennsylvania &
was told it was about 7 miles to the state line.
The appearances so far as I observed are here very
similar to other hilly situations, but cannot say but there
        