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I sent two letters one two from New York by a Dr Hayworth. If you should 
			
hono[u]r me with any they may be sent by way of New York to Theophalact Bache 
									   
Esq[ui]rei who will forward them either to Niagara or Montreal[.]
I am Sir
With great respect 
Your very humble <sev[an]t?> 
Francis Massonii [signature]
The M[o]st Hon[oura]ble Sir Joseph Banksiii (copy)

Verbena n[ova] s[pecies]	
Monarda Clinopeda 
Lithospermum fl[ora] lut[ea]
Myosotes sp[ecies]

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Lysimachia
Claytonia
Erythronium Dens Canis
Mitchella repens
Genus Polyandria
Scutellaria sp[ecies]
                  sp[ecies]
             sp[ecies]
Cistus canadensis
Didynamia
Thymus virginica
         sp[ecies]
         sp[ecies]
Teucrium canadensis
Ajuga
Ornithogalum
Polygonum aspera
Hippophae canadensis  
22 Gramina			


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Zizannia
Oryagnumiv 		
Umbellata
Hedysarum canadensis
		hirtum 
Anagyroides 			 
Prunus sp[ecies]
Prunus sp[ecies]

Hypericum sp[ecies]
Stachys
Lobelia sp[ecies]
             sp[ecies]
Viola sp[ecies]
         sp[ecies]
         sp[ecies]
         sp[ecies]
Galega
Impatiens noli me aur[um]
	         lutea major
Ambrosia sp[ecies]
Ranunculus sp[ecies]
29 Genus Planta aquatica

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Physalis
Didynamia
Convallaria
Rosa sp[ecies]
Prinos
34 Gramina

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Umbellata
Cormus
Didyynamia
Umbellata
Syngenesia
Ranunculus
Lythrum
Gramen

i Bache Theophylact 1734-1807 VIAF ID: 72878199
ii Masson Francis 1741-1805 VIAF ID: 37696783
iii Banks, Sir Joseph, 1st Baronet, 1743 - 1820, naturalist and patron of science
iv Probably oryganum which is an eighteenth century spelling