
          Thursday Evening
Jany 12, 1848

My dearest Sir,
You will receive herewith 
your Extra Copies of Coldeniana [cf Cadwallader Colden] & Stuart
will be pleased with them as somewhat tasteful.

I wish you would send us the portrait of 
[Augustin Pyramus] de Candolle which you have. We will take care
that you receive it again uninjured. It
should be sent between binders boards. I do
not know how we can pay for a portrait of him
but our engraver is very anxious to do one at
any price we please. Is there any other [crossed out: past]
print than the one you have & is that an accredited 
one. The memoir [crossed out: of] [added: by] [Karl Friedrich Philipp von?] Martius
is not yet quite [Anglican?] I have ventured to
it a little & to erase the last half of
last sentence which is not in good taste.
not so well calculated far-out-[?] as for
[Germany?]. It is not in any [crossed out: sense][added:?] as masterly
introduction as the subject deserves. Is it of 
intensely to you to know that there are two
of [crossed out 40] vol. 4 of the Pronomus on such
& belonging to the stock of a [humbe?] bookseller.  
        