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Herbarium of Harvard University, Botanic Garden, Cambridge, Mass Dec. 27, 1872. Dear Mr. Muir: I was thinking of you
just before yours of the 15th came. Tou know I had a lot of extras of your Amer. Association paper printed. I sent a few to
Mrs. Carr for you, and waited to know what I was to do with the rest. I had forgotten all about them, but on Xmas they turned
up. As soon as the postage on printed matter gets modified I had best send the parcel bodily to you. Your cone has not come
yet. I suppose I may get it before I dispatch this. Glad you have studied Sequoia, and I shall be eager to learn your results.
Yours cordially, with best wishes for the New Year, A. Gray Cone not come yet Dec. 28th.