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from you more readily
than from any other
personal I am desirous of
obtaining a work entitled
"The American Flora" con-
taining colored engrav-
ings, edited by a Mr. Strong
and published in consec-
utive volumes (the first of
which I think appeared
in 1847) by Green & Spen-
cer, 140. Nassau [illegible] N. Y.
If you can tell me wheth-
er this work is still
in the market, and if so
where I can obtain
it, you will confer a
great favor, and one
which I will be glad
to reciprocate by any
means in my homes
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ion of our North Western
plants, and also
built an extensive
cabinet of geological
specimens, prepared in
Vt. by my father
Rev. S. R. Hall, who
assisted in the Geolog-
ical Survey of that
State. If you ever find
your way so far North
we shall be very hap-
py to receive a visit
from you. My husband
Hon. J. Phillips is almost
equally interested with my
self in Natural Science.
I will take, the liberty
of introducing myself
farther by the nom de
plume of Ada J. Moone
which you may accession