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happy discovery, to find it in America. If found in America, pray 

 send me the seeds of both. 



I "want to know the botanical name of the American Blood-root 

 \_Sanguinaria Canadensis, L.]. Its virtues are great, and many; 

 particularly, I look upon it a specific in the nervous headache, or 

 sick-headache, as it is commonly called. 



Inclosed I send you a news letter, in which is inserted the natu- 

 ral history of Black Grass [Agrostis Indica, L.?], at the request of 

 our good friend Mr. Collinson. Have you ever met with any 

 grass similar to it, in any of the interior parts of this Continent ? 

 The conjecture I make, as to its origin, appears to me somewhat 

 probable. Perhaps your knowledge, in that matter, may deter- 

 mine the affair. 



When your leisure will admit, and any opportunity presents, I 

 should be pleased to receive a line from you. 



My best regards to your son ; and believe me, dear sir, that I 

 am your most obedient and most humble servant, 



Benjamin Gale. 



My spouse [the daughter, it is believed, of Jared Eliot] re- 

 quests her regards may be presented to her father's friend. 



C. M. WRANGEL TO JOHN BARTRAM. 



Stockholm, in Sweden, July the 2d, 1769. 



Dear Sir and beloved Friend : 



"Whenever I think of America (which I do every day of my life), I 

 think at the same time of you, and your house ; and as ingratitude 

 is what I detest, I cannot but bear you the warmest gratitude for 

 all the civilities you Avere pleased to show me, while I had the 

 pleasure to cultivate a friendship with you, at a nearer distance. 



I always looked upon myself as one of your family, being happy 

 enough to be counted so, by you and yours. 



It grieved me, when I was in America, that your great merit 

 had not, in my native land, received the marks of esteem, in the 

 public, as it deserved ; and therefore it gives me great satisfaction, 

 when I now assure you, that you are well known here, from the 

 throne to every one that regards learning ; and the Society of 

 Science, in Stockholm, which has from its first institution been 



