
          Augusta Hancock [added: Co [County]] Illinois June 27th 1843

My Dear Sir,

I have sent for you to N.Y. a few 
plants left with me by Mr. Holton. They will 
probably be in N.Y. by the time this letter reached
you. Mr Holton did not tie them up but left them
loose & I had only time to get a paper & tie around them
as I did not know I could send them soon enough. They
are put in a box with others & will go safe to the city
of N.Y. They will be left in care of Wm [William] A. Mead
corner of James & Cherry Streets. I would have put  
out some more for you but as I do not know 
when I can send till some one is just about to start
East, I can not send unless I have them put up beforehand. 
My opportunities of sending East are very few, only
now & then.

Yours truly,
S.B. Mead

P.S.  Mr. Holton is now in Mississippi & you
can direct to me if you choose an answer to the names 
of the plants numbered, & when I write to him, I can
give him the names of his plants. 
        