
          Lafayette College,
Easton, Pa.,
Jan. 18, 1869

Dr. John Torrey,
Dear Sir,
I have your favor of the 15th. & am
greatly pleased that you have consented to revise
my work on the plants of [Uip?] Davis. Errors you
will, no doubt, discover. With the limited means 
for study & verification at my command, these 
could hardly be avoided. But I then thought it a good
botanical exercise to try what I could do independendently.
I send the bundly by [EscJoven?] to-day.
For the information in regard to Bolander's
plants I am much obliged. Of Wright's collections
in Texas & Mexico I have none. All the plants
of that region in my herbarium I obtained some
years ago from three Texan collections which I 
named for the Smithsonian, from a botanical friend
residing in El Paso & from Thurber's Boundary
Survey duplicates. Twice the College is now able
& willing to supply the means for creating an
herbarium & securing its preservation, I am anxious
to do all I can to further the good work & would
like to get plants from every part of our own territory.
You may, therefore, count me as one of the partners
        