
          permanently located here. In such case I ought do 
something for you & other scientific friends.

Perhaps if I make collections of specimens 
for the Scientific Association at Washington 
an arrangement may be made which will 
cover all my actual expenses which is all 
that I should request. My position is not 
such at present as to be known at 
Washington. If you see fit you may address 
a communications to the Secratary [Secretary] at War 
stating your knowledge of me. My wish 
would [added: be] 1st that my expenses be borne so 
that I be subjected to no pecuniary loss. 
Perhaps this might be done by making me 
cittizen [citizen]] Surgeon of the expedition. 2d I should 
expect the Scientific Association at Washington 
to have the benefit of any seeds or specimens 
that I might collect if desired. I presume the 
expedition will soon leave St. Louis but 
it is probably I might join it before it has 
made great progress. Please to drop me a line. 
I wish to learn of your welfare, how you are 
progressing in your great work, & all that 
it will be interesting for me to learn.

I see that the N [New] York Lyceum is reorganized . 
I hope it will be a useful association.

I should be pleased to have you publish descriptions 
of such of my plants as new in the Anals [Annals] of 
the Lyceum. I should particularly wish 
to see a description of the yellow Cooperea [Cooperia].
There are also some new & interesting plants
        