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Copy of a Letter to The Right Hon[ora]ble" Sir Joseph Banks Barti Soho Square --
      Botanic Garden Liguanea
      Jamaica 14th June 1805
Sir
I had the Honorii of receiving your Letter of the 15th of September last, and I feel very
grate-ful for the Interest you continue to take in my welfare, I have deferediii answering your esteemed favour untilliv I could ascertain what Plants, and seeds it would be in my power to send you this Summer for His Majesty's Garden at Kew -- Incoledv is a List of 2 Boxes of plants to be shipedvi on the Mary vii[,] Capt Rogers to sail in the Course of a few days; they are now in the best possible Order, and as I have reason to conclude great attention will be paid to them during the passage. I hope they will reach you in a healthy State, Capt" Rogers also has under his Charge for you a small Box of seeds containing nearly a hundred kinds -- If Mr Aitonviii will forward to me a List of such Jamaica plants as are most desirable I shall with pleasure attend to it [.]
{I am happy to hear my old friend and Shipmate Mr Charsix Smith is so well {situated.x I hope my other worthy Ship-mate Capn Flindersxi will ultimately succeed: he has indeed been unfortunate in the loss of his Vessels but I flatter myself his Charts, obser-vationsxii &ca xiii(if he has luckily saved them) will be such as to do honorxiv to himself and Credit to his Country [.] I still retain the Superintendance of the Public Garden, which Situation it is my 


i Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1st Baronet, 1743-1820, appointed Director of Kew by George III. VIAF 46830189
ii honour
iii deferred
iv until
v Enclosed
vi shipped
vii This may be HMS Mary (1797 tender), a 6 gun tender purchased in 1797 and listed until 1805
viii Aiton, William Townsend, Mr, VIAF ID: 4416060,  W.T. Aiton 
 2 February 1766 - 9 October 1849. Director of Kew Gardens 1793 -1841
ix This may be an abbreviation for Charles or could be Chris for Christopher Smith who was a shipmate of James Wiles and in 1794 became superintendant of Penang Botanical Gardens.Flinders was also a shipmate on same voyage.
x This sentence was underlined in a different pen and bracketed in the left hand margin
xi Flinders, Matthew, 1774-1814, VIAF ID: 7446571, English navigator and cartographer, circumnavigated Australia.
xii This was over two lines
xiii etc
xiv honour