
          my income is not large enough to pay
ex[crossed out: h]orbitantly for books, tho’ I should be glad
to be in possession of all the New York repts [reports],
and wish I could see the opportunity to promise
them at 1.% per vol, as offered to academics &c.

I shall esteem it a great favor to send 
you any parcels of my collections, and especially
to receive any assistance from your hands during
my survey. Any specimens you may be
in want of I will furnish you with if possible!

I have in readiness a suit of the same
sent you from Dr. Gray, and, which goes by
the same hands. I shall leave for the
coast in a few days, intending to spend
some days in dredging for Maine plants
at the advice of Harvey! Any letters from
you will be forwarded to me [crossed out: where I]
[crossed out: may be], by my family.  My own herbarium
is quite large, and I am continually adding 
to it. Should you possess anything new that
would be of interest to me I should be
happy to receive it. I believe I have not a
specimen representative of New York, altho [although]
I am rich in species from Pennsylvania & New Jersey.

Now, my dear sir, I trust you will be able
to decipher this hurried letter as I have been
anxious to get it away this morning by the Boat!
trusting that the package will arrive safe at hand

I remain very truly yours
A. Young Jr
        