272 PETER COLLINSON [1765. 



General Bouquet, in Florida. Pray remember me respectfully to 

 him. The like to my most worthy friend, Mr. Lamboll, not for- 

 getting my ingenious friend, Doctor Garden. 



Now, my dear John, farewell. Thou hast the best wishes of 

 thy old friend, 



P. Collinson. 



P. COLLINSON TO JOHN BARTRAM, Jr. 



London, 19th September, 1765. 



Friend John: 



Thy good father sends over so many fine specimens for the 

 King, that sets our minds a longing for the plants, as under : 



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I had the pleasure of receiving a letter from thy father was 

 glad to hear of his safe arrival in Carolina. I hope he may have 

 his health, that he may be able to gratify his botanic genius, and 

 bring the rarities of the new world to light. I wish he may get 

 his son William to go with him, or some other companion, for it 

 is not fit he should go alone. 



I presume the boxes of seeds that I have ordered will come, as 

 usual, by the first ships. I am thy well-wishing friend, 



P. Collinson. 



Thy uncle's making so free with the King to send him ores, is 

 ridiculous,* and putting me to a great deal of trouble at the custom- 

 house, and himself to the expense of 6s. 6d., which I have charged 

 to thy father's account, or I must sell the ores to pay it. He don't 

 know the difficulty and trouble to get any things to the King. 

 Though I undertook it for thy father, I shall not for anybody else. 



P. COLLINSON TO JOHN BARTRAM. 



London, November 13, 1765. 



I received my dear John's letter of the 28th August on the 

 13th November. I delayed not a minute to return this answer. 



* If the worthy Peter had lived to witness the manner in which kings have 

 been made free with since his time, and especially at the present day (1848), he 

 would probably conclude that there were some rather more "ridiculous" incidents 

 about courts, than sending a few mineral specimens to Majesty. 



