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1 '9vrjjefwtj\lee &j\iif {fardett SELECTED LETTERS, OF PETER COLLINSON, F.R.S. edited and wit/) an intrcducfien fy J^/at) %V. J^t AMERICAN PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY Independence Square Philadelphia 2002

2 Ccttfettfs Illustrations xin Introduction xxi Acknowledgments xxix Short Titles and Abbreviations Chronology xxxiv xxxm Letter, Date / circa July 27, circa circa circa 1730 b March 27, July 22, January 24, May 16, June 20, 1734 // October 20, 1734 T2 January 20, January 24, 1735 /<# February 12, 1735 )5 March 1, 1735 /6 June 19-28, August 16, 1735 Recipient Mary Collinson William Byrd II Thomas Story Library Company of Philadelphia John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford Library Company of Philadelphia VII

3 1S December 15, 19 February 3, February 20, March 12, July-August, August 28, * September 20, December 4, March 21, April 22, December 10, December 24, January 31, February 7, February 17, August 26, November 25, March 1, May 13, August 9-15, August, January 31, circa *1 circa circa circa March 5, April 3, circa circa March 7, April 24, June 2, July 3, August 12, September 3, September 9, 1742 John Jacob Dillenius Samuel Eveleigh Joseph Breintnall John Kearsley William Villiers, 3rd Earl of Jersey John Penn Charles Wager Michael & Mary Russell Martin Folkes Joseph Hobson Samuel Brewer Richard Richardson Benjamin Smithurst VIII

4 55 October 20, circa February 4, August 5, August 9, September 4, January 18, March 9, April 2, August 23, December 25, March 30, April 26, circa March 20, April 1, April 4, May 20, August 5, April 12, circa April July 23, August 3, October 26, March 27, March 29, April 12, June 14, August 25, August 17, February 5, February 23, March 10, April 25, April 5, circa February 20, 1752 John Blackburne John Ambrose Beurer 106 John Ambrose Beurer George Parker, 2nd Earl Macclesfield Richard Richardson 133 Joseph Breintnall Emmanuel Mendes Da Costa Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond 145 Pieter Camper Arthur Dobbs Henrietta Maria Goldsborough * IX

5 92 October 9, November 15, January 18, January 18, March 24, May 1, July 12, August 12, August 12, 1753 /(Q/ September 1, March 1, March 6, 1754?04 April 20, September 11, December 20, March 13, March 14, April 5, 1755 //0 April 10, 1755./// June 5, June 9, September 26, 1755 M4 October 14, December 5, December 15, 1755 H7 circa February 25, May 12, May 19, June 22, 1756 /22 September 17, January 11, March 23, April 6, April 29,1757 Philip Southcote Henry Hollyday Albrecht von Haller Royal Society Caspar Wettstein Jared Eliot James Alexander John Canton Edward Wright Jared Eliot Edward Cave Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle Henry Clinton, 9th Earl of Lincoln William Pitt Society for Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce X

6 727 June 5, August 16, September November 24, December 25, March 6, September 10, December March 6, April 12, July 20, 25, 26, August 10, August October 1, January 24, February March 5, May 23, September 25, ca. March 19, October 29, November 25, circa February 1, February 10, March 15, April 1, May 20, June 24, July 17, July 25, August 2, September 2, October 5, November 16, December 10, March 6, Thomas Birch 207 Mr. Leigh at Totridge 208 John Ellis Jacob Theodore Klein John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford Arthur Dobbs 219 Jared Eliot 220 Benjamin Cook 222 Peter Templeman 223 Mary Lennox, Duchess of Richmond 224 Gregory Demidoff 225 Thomas Birch 226 Thomas Hay, 8th Earl of Kinnoull 227 Richard Walker 228 John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute 229 Carlo Allioni John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute 231 Carlo Allioni 232 Peter Thompson Peter Templeman 235 John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland William Watson Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau 246 XI

7 764 March n, September 14, September 15, November 10, January 2, February 1, February 4, February 25, June 1, June 1, June 9, October 7, circa May 1, July 20, August 30, September 17, December 1, March 20, September 25, March 16, April 20, June 30, November 15, January February 10, March 25, April 2, July 18, 1768 Carlo Allioni 247 John Hawkesworth Soc. for Encouragement Henrietta Maria Goldsborough 252 Henrietta Maria Goldsborough 253 Benjamin Gale Alexander Colden Peter Simon Pallas Charles Lyttelton, Bishop of Carlisle 263 Charles Lyttelton, Bishop of Carlisle John Player Emmanuel Mendes Da Costa 275 John Player Thomas Clayton 280 Henry Baker 281 William Bartram 281 Bibliography 283 Personal Name Index Plant Index 21)2 Subject Index XII >