
          Ebenezer near Buffalo, August 7th 1845.

Dear Sir,

Several of your favours the last of the inst.
have come to hand, as alsom the Stone from Mr. Endicott in
New York and the drawings, which I will now engrave
as speedily and in as good a style as possible.
It is difficult to give within the limits of a letter
a correct and comprehensive description of the history and religous
principles of our  Commuity. I will however try to comply
with your request by enclosing to this or my next letter a
condensed Statement in relation to the same.
I am myself very little acquainted with botany and therefore
nt able to send you a list of all the wild growing officinal
plants and herbs in this neighborhood; my time during the summer
season is besides required for more useful employments in our
new Settlement; the plants and herbs I had a chance to
collect last year I have sent to Mr. Grary, who was so kind
to give me the names of the same.
Bishops Terminology I will let you have for $8:00 the
price in Germany is 21 guilders or $8:40 cts.
It would have been [well?] to send me a sample of the paper
on which the plants after being engraved will be printed, so as to
know the exact size of the paper and to define the space to be left
open between the two plants to be engraved on the plants; as it is
I will have to leave out the line you ordered to be drawn round the

        