
          Manchester, N.J. 9th December 1846


 My Dear Friend!


 I have been somewhat anxiously
 looking for a letter from you - Respecting the Box
 of Reptiles sent by Mrs. Torrey's Man (Winch) for Dr.
 Gray I have learnt nothing. Winch informs me he left
 it on your table in your Lecture Room at the direction
 of some man in the College (Probably the janitor)


 I hope it has safely reached its destination before this.


 Dr. Gray wished me to put in for him two sets
 of plants as many as I could for $10 for two foreign
 correspondents of his - I sent two [crossed out: parcels] [inserted: sets] of the same
 number of species of the same kind requesting him 
 to send them abroad in exchange for European
 specimens - The plant paper has not yet come
 to hand - The labels too I shall very much need
 I have not 400 blank labels left and shall use them
 all today and tomorrow. -


 I hope you are doing a good business at the Med. Col.
 this Winter. I wish I could spend a month or two
 with you this Winter but cannot now either spend the
 time or spare the means to do so. -


 Pretty soon I shall have to trouble you with
 a suite of plants for examination of such as am not
 certain of understanding rightly - I regret very much that
 two parcels of plants I forwarded to our friend J. Carey, Esq
 have miscarried I have made some inquiry but have
 not learned anything definite about them. However if
 they should not be recovered I could send another set
 of most of them. I shall not be able to do much for my
 correspondents until Spring when I hope to have cleared up
 all my big bundles. Then I hope to reward liberally all
 those who have so liberally supplied me with interesting
 specimens from many interesting localities


 Believe me truly yours.


 P.D.Knieskern
        