
          New York, April 11th 1837

My dear Sir,

Lt. Bailey of West Point, called on me today & brought
the remaining impressions of th eplates of Corda. I did 
not think there would be so many, for I supposed that
there would be the usual proportion of imperfect-quires
in the two [crossed out: sheets] [added: reams] of paper which I sent to the printer
but it seems that all the sheets were good & the whole of 
the paper has been used. I fear that you will nottrust
me again to get work done for you, as I have led you to 
some unnecessary expense. [As?], however, you promised
Dr. Gray some 50 or 60 copies & in consequence of the printer
refusing to sell the stomes it was necessary to have
a considerable number of extra plates struck off, perhaps
there will not be more than 150, or 200 too many. It 
is to be hoped, however, that the calls for full sets of
the Journal will be so numerous, that all the extra copies
will be disposed of. The account, the, for the two plates
accompanying Corda's paper is as follows -

Fell's bill for paper                      $15.31
Paid for transportation, cardage 2.96
Mr. Bailey's portage &c.[etc.]
Aspinwall's bill - printing             72.00
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90.27
By draft                                              64.51
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Due                                                   $25.76
        