
          due me - I agreed with
Mr. [Bartlett?] to furnish the
commission with [underlined: one suite?]
of my collections I [thought?]
make [overwrittern: and?] feel at liberty
to do what I please with
the remainder - it has always
been my intention to give yourself
& Dr. Gray what you wished
& distribute the rest where they
would be appreciated. 
What portion of my collections
made is [Sonora cause?] to have
entire & I also shipped suites
of a majority of the rest by
a companion by which they arrived
safely but the bulk of
duplicates are still [missing?] 
I rec'd notice a few days
ago that the vessel into which
they were transshipped so as expected
daily but I have no
positive information that my
packages were among the 
things found.
Of such plants as I have to
spare you can have duplicates
at once & of the others when they

        