May 1856 [1] (seq. 610)

[May 1856 ]

US Assay Office, Friday

Dear Doctor —

I am ashamed that I left home
to day without bring down the spikelet of
Cyperus stenolepis that you asked for. I
cannot send it now until tomorrow — for
I leave town at 4 o'clock & will not return
till morning.

You doubtless must have thought me
very remiss in not answering your letters,
but I have been very busy. Did I
tell you about my apparatus &c. at the
Medical College? Le Conte, as I understood
him, very distinctly agreed to take the whole
stock at a low price — & he actually used
the app. & materials for more than half
of the course. He then told me it would
not be convenient for him to purchase it

[May 1856 ]

US Assay Office, Friday

Dear Doctor —

I am ashamed that I left home
to day without bring down the spikelet of
Cyperus stenolepis that you asked for. I
cannot send it now until tomorrow — for
I leave town at 4 o'clock & will not return
till morning.

You doubtless must have thought me
very remiss in not answering your letters,
but I have been very busy. Did I
tell you about my apparatus &c. at the
Medical College? Le Conte, as I understood
him, very distinctly agreed to take the whole
stock at a low price — & he actually used
the app. & materials for more than half
of the course. He then told me it would
not be convenient for him to purchase it