
          Freehold Institute July 22, 1850

Dear and respected Sir,

Inclosed is a list of the plants 
I want, I have marked those that I have obtained already. 
You remarked in a letter that many on 
my list are so common that I can easily procure
them. There are about 50 species that I did not 
intend to have printed, for they can be collected 
in sight of my house. My plan was to make 
a list of all I wanted to complete my herbarium 
of Mercer and Monmouth, which I did in manuscript 
and marked those that I did not wish to print 
I then gave the list to my writing master to copy 
and told him to omit those that were marked
and as he is generally very careful in such matters I
sent it to the printer without giving it a close 
examination. But when the proof came I saw the 
blunder. I called on the printer to get him to take them 
out, he told me it would make so much additional 
labor that it would double the expense so 
I concluded to let it go much against my will. 
And tho't [thought] to mark those that I could collect here.

My object in sending you a copy is to get you to
inclose it to your friend at Laurenceville, please 
tell him that a package will reach me in your 
care (via) Princeton. I shall be happy to furnish him 
with anything of which I have duplicates a list of 
which I also inclose. There are a few on it that are 
also on my list of wants. This blunder was committed
        