
          Charleston October 8th 1816. -

Esteemed Sir
I should scarce have presumed at this season, to have 
intruded uopn that time, which I perceive  you are again about to devote
with so much honour to yourself and advantage to the rising generation
in your Professorship in the University; did I not know that you have
so arranged that time, as to be at liberty to devote a share of it to friends.
The very marked and polite attention which you honoured
me with last Fall; as also that which through your politeness  I experienced
know the rest of the Professors in the University; claims my warmest gratitude; 
and as it is a maxim that "one good turn deserves another" I
am induced, having had already several good turns of you, to request you
to make good the good old maxim in doing me another good turn. 
It is this, to interest yourself in behalf of my Elements of Medicine
so that it may be announced to the World, in such way as your good
judgment will direct; I am well aware that at this time, no work of
the kind, from an author so much "unnoticed and unknown" to the
world as myself would meet with appropriate encouragement unless
it was brought into notice by some Gentlemen of the first standing in
the Medical and Literary Schools of America.
I have been constrained to make such [remedy?]
as a friend of mine a candidate for medical honours in the University
of Pennsylvania who had presented my prospectus to the Professors and
students was repelled by the very appropriate remarks above [attended?] to
and had written me that unless some Gentlemen well known in the Literary 
world will befriend the author so far, as to introduce him to the [notur?]
of the Philadelphians that he despairs of obtaining some more Subscribers
than those students from Charleston. Since the ever to be lamented
fate of my esteemed friend and [preciptor?] Doctor Ramsay; I have turned
my attention to yourself and Doctor [Horaik?]. Permit me to look up to you
as a friend and Patron in his stead; and if I could presume thus far, I would
entreat the same indulgence from Doctor [Horaik?].
I have been six  months since my return from
your City in a [firm?] state of health; and three times so ill as to despair
of my recovery - So that I have had scarce the opportunity of attending
to my Subscription; I have however procured about 230 or so good 
names - and I am [assured?] that if notice be taken of the work in any of 
the periodical publications, or even the Public journals it will not fail
to stimulate the Citizens of the South to come forward generously to its support
        