
          can truly say it will not excite the slightest unpleasant 
feeling towards you: on the contrary, to prove my good
wishes, I may now say, that I shall probably be able
to save you some expense, & aid your preparations
for winter, by the use of [added: a] considerable portion of
my  Chemt [Chemistry?] apps [apparatus?]; most of wh [which] indeed will be of comparatively
little service to me, (except to "raise the wind") [no?]
I remove to WP [West Point]: & much of wh [which] in any case, I shall be able
to share you. [I?] only wish all [appointments?] were conducted
with as little ill feeling, as I know to exist in the present
instance [as are side?]; & I fully believe to exist in the other.

I wish you to suggest to me the course I shd [should] [?]
me in making application.

The boxes I have received, that is to say, two packages
one of wh [which] was numbered 3 & 4 & the other 1 & 2. Have you
not been able to trace the other? The lists for the three
in my possession are made out, & I very much wish you
wd [would] suggest the names of persons to whom they shd [should] be
sent; if either of these is for Hitchcock, as you know
their contents, say wh [which] shall be his. I shd [should] like to forward
them soon. ... With regard to [Bercke's] Catalogue;
I wish you wd [would] direct diligent search to be made for the
deficient sheet; there are a considerable number of the
spec [species?] wh [which] fell to my [share?], contained in this absent portion.
I find also some of the numerals which are contained
in the part. I have not corresponded with the 
[?] them [added: or at [?], doubtful; These I have laid aside, & shd [should wish to look
over them with you, when you come over. Shall you
visit the city soon? if so, try [on] [crossed out: ?] spare a few minutes
let me see you, I pray you, either at apt [apartment?] or my residence.
        