
          P.S. In a letter which I recd. [received] from Rafinesque during the 
summer is this, "I recieved [received] last month from Dr. Dobson the 
package of plants you sent me and was much surprized to 
find with it some of my own plants sent you by Dr. Torrey 
by mistake. He thought they were lost and had forgotten 
that he sent them to you, instead of returning them to me."

John Torrey, M.D
City of New York

As I have [added: felt] myself compelled to drop all correspondence 
with this gentleman, I have not ask'd [asked] from him an explanation 
of the above passage, which I do not understand. Can 
you resolve the riddle? I am sure that I never sent him 
a single specimen which I had recd. from you, but I am not 
equally certain that he may not have pounced on something 
at Dobson's, which may have been on its way from yourself to me!
        