
          Hightstown July 7 1844

Dear and respected Sir!

Mr Rowell tells
me that you expect to start for the
Island on the 10th ins't. I hoped 
to be able to see you before your left
but have been prevented by an attack
of neuralgia which has confined me
to the house for the past week. Had 
it not been for that I should have
been in Princeton last Saturday.
I hope you will let me know by
a few lines when you expect to return. 
I ave been reading Gray and an article in the "Library
of Useful Knowledge" but I do not
get enough from them. I wish to
obtain a better knowledge of the structure
of plants than I can get from
these. Perhaps I do not study as
I ought. If you can direct me to a 
better source or to a better method of
study I [added: shall] take it as a great favor.
Please write me a few questions
that I ought to be able to answer 
by reading Gray that I may know if
        