
          Rec'd Dec. 17th

Columbus Ohio Decr 12th 1839

My Dear Sir

I have been waiting several
weeks to find some opportunity by which a packet
could be sent to me from New York.
But have not as yet succeeded. Few [rich?]
opportunities occur at this season of the year.
The person to whom I had written to call
on you has returned not having secured
my letter.

The plants you sent with Mr. Lamprous
goods arrived in due time, safely.
I need not say they were truly a rare and
valuable collection and from a [?] too.
I was anxious to procure plants. The whole
parcel is exceedingly interesting particularly
the Cyperaceae and Gramineae. There were
scarcely 20 plants among them I had seen before.
For those besides the 500 receive my
thanks and also for [?] Algae. The
copy is wanting in the first sheet or in all
previous to the 17th page. If you have that 
please send it next opportunity. Mr. whiting handed me some days
a small parcel from you containing two letter
on to Dr. [Jonathan Roberts] Paddock, the other to Mr. [John] Samples
directed to Cincinnati. I put them with in P. Off.
at this place. It shortly afterwards
        