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myself can be mutually serviceable to each other in our respective under¬ 
takings, and to the agricultural prosperity of the whole Southern and 
Southwestern States. You will pardon the defects of this hasty and desul¬ 
tory communication ; and I shall be greatly gratified by a few lines in re¬ 
turn, the ensuing mail. . Should I pfoceeA to Washington this summer, 
my route will likely be via Charleston, when I shall do myself the honor 
to'call on you, and exhibit some samples of the vegetable products of Yu¬ 
catan. 
Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 
“HENRY PERRINE.’^ 
The following letter and resolutions show Dr. Perrine’s exertions have 
been untiring, and are properly appreciated by those who are personally 
acquainted with him, and know best the value of his acquisitions. The 
letter and resolutions being an open circular, intended for the Governor of 
this State, we have thought proper to insert them here, as the best means 
of bringing the subject under the consideration of our agricultural socie¬ 
ties. ^ 
New^ Orleans, June 1, 1837. 
Sir : I respectfully invite your attention to the following resofution of 
the agricultural society over which I have the honor to preside, and also 
to the appended resolutions of the Legislature of this State, which were 
presented by a director of the society. The preamble to the resolutions of 
the Legislature expresses our motives for thus endeavoring to facilitate 
the perserving enterprise of Dr. H. Perrine; and I may add, that my per¬ 
sonal knowledge of himself and his services induces me to hope that the 
agricultural society, and the Legislature of your State, will render him 
some assistance, at least towards the passage of the bill alluded to, during 
the ensuing session of Congress. 
Very respectfully, your obedient servant, 
A. B. ROMAN, 
President Agricultural Society of Louisiana. 
Resolved, That the president of the board be, and he is hereby, author¬ 
ized to make such arrangements as he may deem proper, with Mr. Per¬ 
rine, for the publication^ at the expense of the society, of such part of his 
writings as may promote the interests of agriculture ; and to procure from 
Havana and other parts, through Mr. Perrine, such plants as in his opin¬ 
ion may become acclimated here. 
The foregoing is a true copy from the journal of proceedings of the 
Agricultural Society of Louisiana, at its meeting of the 7th of March, 
1837. ' ( 
EUG. ROUSSEAU, 
Secretary Agricultural Society of Louisiana, 
New Orleans, May 27, 1837. 
(No. 96.) Resolution. Whereas, in obedience to. the Treasury circular 
of the 6th September, 1827, Dr. H. Perrine, late American consul at Cam- 
peachy, has been distinguished by his persevering exertions to introduce 
tropical plants into the United States : and whereas the Committee on 
