
          Bangor June 6th 1848

Dear Sir

Yours of the 2d inst [instant] was received
yesterday evening. The work which you speak of
will contain all the Cryptogamia, the first volume
being quite well represented in Filices & Lycopodium.

It is my intention to issue from 2 to 4 volumes
annually, should I receive that encouragement
from our State necessary to establish its completion.
Only 25 copies will be published, 10 copies
are already spoken for, and, should you subscribe
[crossed out: I] there [crossed out: not] will be but 14 left.

A proposition is now before the Legislature
to take 10 copies, which, if passed, the first volume
will be distributed immediately, and the second
in October.

I cannot tell how long I shall be completing
the work, perhaps 5 or 7 years, not quite so long
as De Candolle’s prodromus I hope!

The extremely low price at which the
volumes are offered will preclude the
expense of the conveyance (by myself) to New York.
However, I shall deliver them free as far
as Boston to Western subscribers.

In haste, I am 
Respet’ly [Respectfully] Yours
A. Young, Jr.
        