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in packing, praying for the desired success ; and that he may at 

 his return home be received with as much or more applause, and 

 triumph over his enemies. 



I have sent thee and Gordon, each, a box of plants and shrubs ; 

 and now I send twenty-two boxes, consigned to thee. * * I 

 have also sent a little box, with thy name at large, containing 

 above one hundred different kinds of seeds, for thee and Gordon. 

 There is a parcel of Chinquapins and Willow-Oak Acorns, that 

 was missed in the last packed sixteen boxes, by the extreme hurry 

 we were in for above two weeks, day and night First-day not 

 excepted. The Captain positively affirmed he would sail by such 

 a day, and leave them if they were not brought before, and now he 

 stays for sailors. If I had known he would have stayed so long, I 

 might have sent every article in order. 



PETER COLLINSON TO JOHN BARTRAM. 



London, April 9th, 17G5. 



I have the pleasure to inform my good friend, that my repeated 

 solicitations have not been in vain ; for this day I received certain 

 intelligence from our gracious King, that he had appointed thee 

 his botanist, with a salary of fifty pounds a year ; and in pur- 

 suance thereof, I received thy first half-year's payment of thy 

 salary, being twenty-five pounds to Lady day last, which I have 

 carried to thy account. 



Now, dear John, thy wishes are in some degree accomplished, 

 to range over Georgia and the Floridas. As this is a great work, 

 and must be accomplished by degrees, it must be left to thy own 

 judgment how to proceed. 



I hope by this packet or by next, to procure letters of recom- 

 mendation to the Governors of East and West Florida ; because 

 either from them or by the aid of our friend Lamboll, seeds and 

 specimens may be sent directly to me for the King. 



It is a great work, but thou must contract it ; and not hurry, but 

 take time to make observations on the soil, the country, or to 

 gather specimens of Plants, Fossils, Ores, &c, where they can 

 conveniently be done, and not too remote for conveyance, either to 

 Charleston, St. Augustine, or Pensacola. 



Thou will do well to provide large paper, for the reception of 



