
          Manchester N.J. Jan 12th 1843


 My Deat Friend!


 The few lines annexed to the
 catalogue of plants put up for your friend
 at Thorburn's was written in the greatest haste
 imaginable. I hoped to send the plants by
 your brother Mr. Torrey but he could
 not carry them for he expected to arrive
 in the city ^ [inserted: at 12 midnight] and could not leave them any
 where at that late hour. So I sent them 
 down to the dock yesterday and they were
 put on board the Columbus which vessel
 was ready to sail but was aground in
 consequence of low tide; The bundle
 will be left at Mr. William Torrey's Office
 No 20 Platt. St. where I hope you will see
 to send it to its destined place. & that
 it was too late for it, but Mr. Torrey told
 me when he came down last, that I might
 yet send them and so I put them up
 I have been preparing labels for some
 time, but my fount of type is rather small
 I lack, Points from comas, to Interrogation &
 exclamation points both for the Roman and
 Italic letters. Also [inserted: a few of the characters & both for Italics and Roman]
 figures. With the present
 I can only print from 3-6 labels at a time
 and that is slow work where I have so
 many to prepare. I also want a Ream of Common

        