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give me his address, if living & I will
write him. I am to fill another [?]
month. Shall send you a printed notice of
the [?] & valuable [accretions?].

I have [sic.] lettesr by Asa Gray, Hooker,
Torrey, Englemann, [Mengies?], Parry, &
Bessey, with a few less known, but a
Collection (with a Collector) like mine, is, like
a certain O. Twist — always "wanting
more."

Ever & sincerely yours,
Charles Aldrich.

Prof Charles E Bessey
Lincoln Neb