
          Savannah, July 17, 1816

Sir,

For near a week I have been very much indisposed.
and for several days confined to my chamber and to my bed.
I am rather better, but still unable to go out orto  sit up long.
My physicians advice [advise] me to lose [loose] no time in taking a trip to the 
northward, as best calculated to restore my health. But such
is my present embarrassed situation that I know not how to act.
I have not the funds to carry me to the northward, nor do I know
to whom I ought to apply for permission to go. Whether I 
am in the service, or out of the service, on full pay, or half
pay, or no pay at all, as I have not received a furlough.
In your letter to me of the 1st of April last, you say : “You will receive 
your furlough from the Department, till then your
house rent will be continued.” From this I might infer that
I was still under full pay, but as the first of June was fixed upon
by you when in Savannah, although I had still no furlough, I am
left totally in the dark with respect to my situation. I only wish
to be correctly and officially informed.

Besides the benefit of my health, another great object
of my going to the northward, (in case of my really being on 
furlough and not ordered anywhere into the service) would
be to procure a quantity of medicines and open a druggists store 
in Savannah. In a letter I received a few days ago from Mr.
Sinclair, he informed me he had no money, nor does he know
any more than I do to what money I am entitled.  I really feel
in a very unpleasant state of suspense, and therefore take the
liberty to beg that you will give me the necessary information how
I am to proceed, whether write to, or visit the Secretary of the Navy
when I go on. (It is my wish at all events to visit Washington should
circumstances admit.) Can I, by going to Charleston before I set out, obtain
prize money or any other money to enable me to go on?

Hoping that you will have the goodness to attend to my requests as
early as convenient.  
I remain, Sir, very respectfully &c &c W. Baldwin.
Com. Campbell  
P.S. there is still some medicine and furniture in my care
belonging to the U. States, respecting which I have had no orders.

[cross writing]
To visiting your negro child $200
Recd. [Received] payment
July 15th 1812

[lower half] 
Species sent to Dr. Ives, June 23rd, 1816

Amorpha fruticosa.
[Amorpha] pubescens. 
Coreopsis linifolia.
Lechea racemulosa.
Oryza sativa.
Euphorbia speciosa.
Stewartia malachodendron
Daucus pusillus
Psoralea melilotoides.
Rhexia lanceolata W. [Walter]
Styrax grandifolia.
Glycine frutescens.
Polygala nana.
corymbosa. [Polygala corymbosa]
Larix flexuosa.
Lupinus villosus.
Gratiola quadridentata
Scleria triglomerata.
Cinchona brachycarpa
Andromeda ferruginea.
coriacea {Andromeda coriacea]
Ilex angustifolia.
Aletris aurea.
Echites difformis.
Kalmia hirsuta.
Lobelia puberula
Tephrosia villosa
hispidula [Tephrosia hispidula]
Chloris pectinata.
monostachya [Chloris monostachya]
mucronata [Chloris mucronata]
Eriocaulon gnaphaolodes
villosum. [Eriocaulon villosum]
Decumaria barbara
Marshallia lanceolata
angustifolia [Marshallia angustifolia]
Petalostemon corymbosum
Liatris paniantosa
elegans. [Liatris elegans]
Zinnia tetraphylla
Astragalus villosus.
Prunus ambiguus [Prunus ambigua]
Jussiaea grandiflora.
Melia azedarach.
Chionanthus virg. [Chionanthus virginicus]
Clematis viorna.
Halesia diptera
Eriogonum tomentosum
Clitoria mariana.
Ampelopsis bipinnata.
        