
          Washington Aug 11 1851

My dear Sir,

Your note of the 7th inst was not
received before this morning. I am much pleased to find that
the drawings are completed, I hope they have been done to 
your satisfaction. I agree with you that the engravings
should be done as you suggest by prestelle. The printing may 
perhaps be an object to Ackerman, & indeed I should prefer
that he should do them as the plates will in that care be
all together I hope you found something amongst the
plants worth the troubles of bringing home. The specimens
are all dated I believe, & shall have to refer to my 
hournals to locate them. If you will send me a list with
the dates I will affix a column of localities to it, & it
will in addition, be of assistance to me in the text of my
report. If you please I should be pleased
to see the plates before they are sent to the Engravers
if you will be so good as to send them to me under
cover of an envelope directed to Col Abert, which will
save expense, & be a more safe way of transmitting
them. I wrote to Schott this morning & remitted him the
[?] charged in his account. I will write to Ackerman
about the printing.

I am, my dear Sir
Yours very truy
Howard Stansbury

Prof John Torrey
Princeton N.J. 

        