
          Rced [Received] Dec. 24th  -                                   Columbus Decr [December] 18th 1838
Drt [Doctor] John Torrey [added: anrd [answered] Jan 4th. Money remitted to Dr. Gray through Mr. Wiggins]
Dear Sir - I received you very kind 
letter of the 4th with several days since & would have answered
it immediately but have been waiting for the return of 
Drt [doctor?] Curtis who is now detained in Baltm [Baltimore]. [I pickup?] - not knowing
when  he would be here and suffering it  [letter?] Drt [Doctor Gray]
should be informed early I have enclosed & wait no longer.
- The following is a list of my books -
Darlingtons Flora As. 2. ed.
Elliot's Botany 2. vols.
Michaux's Flo. Bo. 2 vols.
Lindley's Nat. Sys. of Bot. 1st Ed., American
"                 "       "           "        2nd Ed. London 1836
"                 Intro to Bot. 2nd Ed. 1835
"                 Key to the Stem. Phys. 7 Sys. Boty. 1835
"                 [Africa?] Botany Lit.  [ms?] [Kew?]
Gray's Elements of Botany
Torreys Flora - 1st vol.
Torrey's Compendium
Beck & Eaton
London Encyc. of Plants 1836
Nuttals Genera 2 vols.
Nuttal's Introduction
Mischel. Elem. de Bot. 1815
Bigelow's Plants of Boston 2nd Ed.
        