
          Hightstown Aug. 19, 1844

Dear & much respected sir!

Yours of the 19th instant
came to me today at nooon. The microscope
reached me on Thursday last being the day
after the date of the note that came with
it. I should have written and sent you 
the price of the instrument immediately
but I had purposed to visit Princeton 
on Saturday next; but I received a letter
today at the same time that I got yours
which calls me elsewhere on that day. I therefore
make haste to answer your letter of 19th
and at the same time remit you the
$10 for the microscope whichi you will
find enclosed. I also send you a plant 
that I have not yet been able to find
any name for. Please send me the
name of the mass that grows [?] 
down by

[sideways: PS I found a plant in the highway near the Presbyterian Church
at Allentown. It has a grass like leaf and a [?]
flower. I have secured a good supply of Lygodium
and have some to spare
        