Anxious to hear of the two packets of dried plants, numbered 1-234, and 235-313, he sent Smith from Philadelphia, [Pennsylvania], December 1793. Sending a third packet, consisting entirely of 'Lichen'. "Unhappy troubles in the old Countries" have broken correspondence with his German friends, hopes Smith will prove more constant.

Sending a third packet of local plants to Smith composed of grasses, his favourite, they are listed on second and third pages. Hopes the second packet formed of Lichens has arrived. Offers to send plants from Carolina, Kentucky, and some of the northern states. Very gratified by the observations Smith sent in repsonse to the first packet of plants.