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threatens to deprive all the other passage boats and stages of busi- 

 ness arrived yesterday forenoon after a passage of 160 miles in 

 27 hours carrying upwards of 60 passengers at 7 dollars each 

 besides their goods and set off this forenoon at ten o'clock with a 

 heavy sea and strong gale approaching to a storm right in the 

 teeth as we usually say. The wharves and vessels were crowded 

 with spectators many of them dubious of her meeting such a sea 

 but as soon as the machinery was put in motion she shot through 

 the water as steady and level as a line midst the shouts of the mul- 

 titude 



I am with sincere esteem 



Dear Sir 



Yours 



Alex. Wilson. 



III. Wilson to Abbot. 



Philad a Jany. 23 d 1812 

 Dear Sir 



I this day rec'd a small box containing a roll of Drawings 3 in 

 number which I myself delivered to Dr. Barton also a small package 

 directed to Wm. Bartram which has also been sent to him, and 4 

 Birds viz. the small Crow, female solitary Flycatcher, and the male 

 and female Ground dove all in good order. The Crow and the 

 Flycatcher I had already figured. The other two were very wel- 

 come; you will please to draw on me thro Mr. Oemler for the 

 amount of these 4 & any other you may send, at the rate I men- 

 tioned, & I hereby empower him to pay you accordingly. Please 

 to send the Chuck wills widow (male) and egg, and the beautiful 

 rare Sparrow you mention, also the striped Wren. I do not know 

 the large green-billed Woodpecker, nor any woodpecker as large 

 as the Woodcock, if you know of such be so good as to send me one. 

 The Slate-coloured ricebird is a species of Grosbeak, about the 

 size of the rice-bird, and the black-headed green warbler is common 

 in the Bahamas and sometimes comes to Georgia. It is not the 

 Hooded Warbler. The Crossbill you mention is I suppose the 

 female of the common one. It is green olive. When I was in 

 Mississippi Territory two years ago I shot the small yellow Warbler 

 with rust coloured spots on the back. 



