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DOCTOR FOTHERGILL TO JOHN BARTRAM. 



London, 1772. 



My esteemed Friend : 



I received thy kind letter, and am pleased that my employing 

 thy son affords both him and thyself some satisfaction. 



He may, perhaps, in the space of two or three years if his life 

 is spared get into a good livelihood, by sending boxes of plants 

 and seeds to Europe, from those less frequented parts of America. 



The money advanced on his account, viz., 17, I will pay 

 James Freeman for thy use. A correspondent of mine, at 

 Charleston, has directions to accommodate him, as his occasions 

 may require. 



I have lately wrote to William, pointing out what I would 

 principally wish him to attend to ; and I hope he will meet with 

 suitable assistance, in journeying through those provinces, which, 

 at present, are almost an unknown country. * 



By the kindness of my friends, and some expense, I have got 

 together a pretty large collection of valuable plants. The North 

 Americans prosper with me, full as well as they do anywhere else. 

 I have likewise got a fine young Tea tree from China. 



Earnestly desiring for thee all kind of comfort and satisfaction, I 

 remain 



Thy assured friend, 



John Fothergill. 



London, 8th, 7th month, 1774. 



Esteemed Friend : 



I received thy very acceptable letter of the 14th, 4th month 

 last, and am pleased to find thy health so well preserved, so well 

 in the evening of life. 



I had a letter the other day from Doctor Chalmers, who men- 

 tions that he had a letter lately from William, who was going 

 towards East Florida, and well. I have received from him about 

 one hundred dried specimens of plants, and some of them very 

 curious ; a very few drawings, but neither a seed nor a plant. 



I am sensible of the difficulty he is at in travelling through 

 those inhospitable countries ; but I think he should have sent me 

 some few things as he went along. I have paid the bills he drew 



