Transcribe Ward, Henry A. Letter to Orton, James (1852-04-21)

The Septaria </s> are from Mt. Morris where are hundreds of them from 3 inches in diameter to 4 feet. The fucoids Arthofucoi are from Medina where I saw beautiful specimens of them in the Medina sand stones. Perhaps you had better give the Nat. Hist. Soc, one if they have none. Of course you will make them pay freight on their Specimen. Please send me their catalougue. The <u>Lingulaare only found at Medina I beleive. A good many ^number^ of the fossils I have sent are corals the names of which I do not remember. I have & get dozens of the C zathophylla if wanted. I have never got my box of Salura so that I could not send you a very nice specimen.. The calc. Tufa of which I sent some occurs in great abundance & in very fantastic forms at Caledonia ^or Wheatland^ just south of here. There are near there large beds of marl just below the surface so that the plough brings it them up. If I had waited 6 months I could probably have sent you some better fossils