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you. All of which were promised to be sent
free of charge. Now I wish you would put up for
me, in addition to any other things you may
have to spare, one of your best brick, & clay
enough to make another. My attention was
called to that subject at Fort Atkinson,
& I put up both there, & wish to have som
of yours, to compare with them. I am in-
clined to think there is more value in
that clay than is generally known; I
want to show t to some petters in Lou-
isville, as well as for my own satis-
faction. When you shall have received
the above named articles, ^ shall have time
to collect such others [as] [are] at [hand],
I would be obliged to you to send them
to me. The best way probably will be to
put them in the care of some friend who
is going to Detroit, who will see that they
are put on board of the [illegible] boat,
directed thus L. [Care?] of S.B. Hunt
Cincinnati.

I should like to have them sent so that
they will arrive by the latter part of
Sept. before I go on my southern trip.
I collected a great many shells, partic-
ularly univalves. At the [lakes?] is a great
[plan?]. I am now in the midst of the
mineral region & of course I think
very little of shells, but my head, &
heart too perhaps is full of rocks &
storms. I do not find it as yet so rich
in cabinet minerals, as I expected, but some
things especially iron pyritis is the finest
I ever saw. I wish you would write to me
so that I shall receive before the first of
Oct. & give me some idea of what you would
most like in exchange. I intend to start
on my southern trip by the first of Oct.
direct to Cincinnati as I shall state
from there.

I hope you will excuse the inelegance
of my letter, as my head is too full
of specimens to compose well.

Yours [&c]
Byron Laurem