8 Jan,’09 
Mr. John Miller, 
Erie, Pa. 
Dear Mr. Miller:- 
Your letter cane as a pleasant reminder of an 
old botanical comrade, me who has by no roans beer, forgotten, 
although the lack of any direct correspondence for so Ions night 
imply that he had dropped out of rr, memory. 
I am glad to lealm that you are so well pleased with the new 
Gray's Manual. Almost everybody seers to like it the bettor the 
more they use it, and everyone who hebeen at all in touch with 
its preparation knows the great amount of careful and conscientious 
wo I 'fat the auto ora have put into it. 
I, too, regret that we did not get a combined botanical trip 
to the peninsula when I was in Erie sore years ago; and I, also, 
hope that the pleasure of tall nr* ne there ray yet bo yours. 
J am sorry to say that our old friend tonnett has been dead 
nearly five years. He died in Hartford, Connecticut, on the 30th 
of April, 1904. 
with best wishes for a happy and prosperous new year 
I remain, 
Very truly yours. 
