418 JOHN ST. CLAIR [1761. 



here, some years past, a Presbyterian minister, come from Scotland. 

 He said that two brothers of our name came with William the 

 Conqueror, one of which settled in the north of England of which, 

 I suppose, my family came and the other settled in Scotland, of 

 which, I suppose, your family came, which corresponds with thy 

 relation. 



JOHN ST. CLAIR TO JOHN BARTRAM. 



Belville, Nov. 4th, 1761. 



My dear Sir : 



I congratulate you on your safe arrival from Pittsburg, but at the 

 same time I am vexed they should have let you go thither alone. 

 This I must attribute to Captain OuRRY's not being at Bedford 

 when you passed that way ; and I am afraid you met with nothing 

 worth your while during your migration. That you found every- 

 thing in good order at home, I am thoroughly persuaded of, from 

 Mrs. Bartram's great care. In this you have the advantage of 

 me, that have no wife. 



My greenhouse and stove are in a very flourishing state. I want 

 you much to see them, and to consult you about many things ; and 

 before winter is over, I will come to pass a couple of days with you. 



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I give you many thanks for the valuable [Pecan~] Hickory Nuts, 

 I should have thanked you sooner for them, but I waited to see if 

 I was to go on the expedition that is fitting out. Now I find that I 

 am not to go ; but from my numerous acquaintances that are going 

 to that climate, I may expect everything, in May, that grows in 

 our islands ; so that if you want anything (be what it will) from 

 these parts, let me know it. I have sent a venture of strong beer 

 and the choice pieces of beef to my good friend Governor Worge, 

 at Senegal. He is to make me thereturn in African trees, shrubs, 

 plants, and seeds. He is an excellent gardener, and I am sure 

 will do me justice, as far as lies in his power. 



If you will send anybody to this place, to bring a cow for Mrs. 

 Bartram, she will oblige me in accepting of her. She is of the 

 famous Rhode Island breed. * * * * 



I am, with great esteem, dear sir, your most obedient and most 

 obliged humble servant, 



John St. Clair. 



