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Kennicott and myself, and has been so expressed by him to many persons, that I should have; in completing the work as far as may be; the right to work up that part of the collections, including the description and determination of species which might be undescribed, and the right to a set of the specimens after the Smithsonian and Chicago cabinets had been supplied. There was of course, no written or other agreement, other than this understanding.
Now I am willing to work early and late for the advancement of Natural History, and to give up, the undeniable right, which this bodily labor entails, with regard to the shells, in favor of Carpenter or any other competent naturalist [underlined] provided [underlined] it is clearly shown to me that it is for the benefit of science in any reasonable way. But with regard to it,  beyond the facts in my note and the examination of the specimens collected in person by me, both of which you will shortly possess, there is not likely to be any information which might be embodied in a rehash of any ones working up my results; In fact the credit; which I feel to be justly my due, on account of hardships and exposure incurred in the field; can only be received by one person.- the first describer of the collections. I do not think that 

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in saying that- in saying this much I have been selfish and egoistical.
If practicable, I would be willing to devote five or ten years of hard work to the mollusca of the west coast, north of Puget Sound; to produce work, not like the loose descritions of Mr. Carpenter. of shells which he has never seen alive or collected in person; but work like Stimpsons on the East Coast Mollusks, going into every detail of every species, Thoroughly and well.
Do not suppose that I under value Mr Carpenters work, his mistakes are the inevitable consequence of describing from specimens only. Every west coast Conchologist will sustain me in this opinion. His work when completed will be of immense value, as the mistakes are those which may be corrected by any field observer, and all the rest is what is inaccessible to most of them indeed to all on this coast.
I do not wish to make half way work but would devote my time and strength in making the proper investigations for a thorough review of the mollusca of the Pacific North of Puget Sound.
But if you consider it as incompatible with the interests of Natural History. I repeat