RK-265

Philadelphia April 4^th 1857

My dear Sir,

Many thanks for the package of mammals which arrived safely today. Allow me to enclose the amount of postage paid on them. My father when he returns home will be delighted to find them, & I shall leave your letter with him to execute the commissions, regarding pins. I leave next Wednesday for Honduras on a trip of four or five months, and am therefore now very busy with preparations for my journey, & therefore trust you will excuse my writing in such haste, and beleive me to be,

Ever sincerely yours John L. LeConte

Mr. R. Kennicott.

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