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Ccttfettfs Illustrations xin Introduction xxi Acknowledgments xxix Short Titles and Abbreviations Chronology xxxiv xxxm Letter, Date / circa 1725 2 July 27, 1728 3 circa 1730 4 circa 1730 5 circa 1730 b March 27, 1732 7 July 22, 1732 8 January 24, 1734 9 May 16, 1734 10 June 20, 1734 // October 20, 1734 T2 January 20, 1735 13 January 24, 1735 /<# February 12, 1735 )5 March 1, 1735 /6 June 19-28, 1735 17 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 3 4 4 6 7 8 9 11 16 16 19 22 27 27 30 32 35 VII

1S December 15, 19 February 3, 1736 20 February 20, 1736 21 March 12, 1736 22 July-August, 1736 23 August 28, 1736 24* September 20, 1736 25 December 4, 1736 26 March 21, 1737 27 April 22, 1737 28 December 10, 1737 29 December 24, 1737 30 January 31, 1738 31 February 7, 1738 32 February 17, 1738 33 August 26, 1738 34- November 25, 1738 35 March 1, 1739 36 May 13, 1739 37 August 9-15, 1739 38 August, 1739 39 January 31, 1740 4-0 circa 1740 4*1 circa 1740 42 circa 1740 43 circa 1740 44 March 5, 1741 45 April 3, 1741 46 circa 1741 47 circa 1742 48 March 7, 1742 49 April 24, 1742 50 June 2, 1742 51 July 3, 1742 52 August 12,1742 53 September 3, 1742 54 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 36 39 41 43 46 48 51 54 55 55 57 59 60 61 64 67 70 71 72 76 80 80 85 86 87 89 90 92 93 95 96 98 99 101 102 103 104 VIII

55 October 20, 1742 56 circa 1742 57 February 4, 1743 58 August 5, 1743 59 August 9, 1743 60 September 4, 1743 61 January 18, 1744 62 March 9, 1744 63 April 2, 1744 64 August 23, 1744 65 December 25, 1744 66 March 30,1745 67 April 26, 1745 68 circa 1745 69 March 20, 1746 70 April 1, 1746 71 April 4, 1746 72 May 20, 1746 73 August 5, 1746 74 April 12, 1747 75 circa April 1747 76 July 23, 1747 77 August 3, 1747 78 October 26, 1747 79 March 27, 1748 80 March 29, 1748 81 April 12, 1748 82 June 14, 1748 83 August 25, 1748 84 August 17, 1749 85 February 5, 1750 86 February 23, 1750 87 March 10, 1750 88 April 25, 1750 89 April 5, 1751 90 circa 1751 91 February 20, 1752 John Blackburne 104 105 106 John Ambrose Beurer 106 John Ambrose Beurer 109 109 111 113 115 118 120 124 125 George Parker, 2nd Earl Macclesfield 126 129 131 Richard Richardson 133 Joseph Breintnall 134 135 137 138 Emmanuel Mendes Da Costa 140 141 142 144 Charles Lennox, 3rd Duke of Richmond 145 Pieter Camper Arthur Dobbs Henrietta Maria Goldsborough 146 146 148 149 149 150 151 154 155 156 158 1* IX

92 October 9, 1752 93 November 15, 1752 94 January 18, 1753 95 January 18, 1753 96 March 24, 1753 97 May 1, 1753 98 July 12, 1753 99 August 12, 1753 100 August 12, 1753 /(Q/ September 1, 1753 102 March 1, 1754 103 March 6, 1754?04 April 20, 1754 105 September 11, 1754 106 December 20, 1754 107 March 13, 1755 108 March 14, 1755 109 April 5, 1755 //0 April 10, 1755./// June 5, 1755 112 June 9, 1755 113 September 26, 1755 M4 October 14, 1755 115 December 5, 1755 116 December 15, 1755 H7 circa 1755 118 February 25, 1756 119 May 12, 1756 120 May 19, 1756 121 June 22, 1756 /22 September 17, 1756.123 January 11, 1757 124 March 23,1757 125 April 6, 1757 126 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 159 160 162 165 166 168 169 170 170 172 174 176 177 178 178 178 180 182 184 187 188 190 191 192 193 194 195 197 198 200 201 202 203 204 205 X

727 June 5, 1757 728 August 16, 1757 129 September 1757 730 November 24, 1757 131 December 25, 1757 132 March 6, 1758 133 September 10, 1758 134 December 26 1758 135 March 6, 1759 136 April 12, 1759 137 July 20, 25, 26, 1759 138 August 10, 1759 139 August 30 1759 140 October 1, 1759 147 January 24, 1760 142 February 1760 143 March 5, 1760 144 May 23, 1760 145 September 25, 1760 146 ca. March 19, 1761 147 October 29, 1761 148 November 25, 1761 149 circa 1762 150 February 1, 1762 151 February 10, 1762 152 March 15, 1762 153 April 1, 1762 154 May 20, 1762 155 June 24, 1762 156 July 17, 1762 157 July 25, 1762 758 August 2, 1762 159 September 2, 1762 760 October 5, 1762 767 November 16, 1762 762 December 10, 1762 763 March 6, 1763 206 Thomas Birch 207 Mr. Leigh at Totridge 208 John Ellis 208 209 Jacob Theodore Klein 211 213 214 215 John Russell, 4th Duke of Bedford 217 217 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 230 230 John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute 231 Carlo Allioni 232 Peter Thompson 232 233 234 Peter Templeman 235 John Stuart, 3rd Earl of Bute 237 237 Henry Fox, 1st Baron Holland 239 239 William Watson 242 243 244 Henri-Louis Duhamel du Monceau 246 XI

764 March n, 1763 765 September 14, 1763 766 September 15, 1763 767 November 10, 1763 168 January 2, 1764 769 February 1, 1764 770 February 4, 1764 177 February 25, 1764 772 June 1, 1764 773 June 1, 1764 774 June 9, 1764 775 October 7, 1764 776 circa 1765 777 May 1, 1765 778 July 20, 1765 779 August 30, 1765 180 September 17, 1765 781 December 1, 1765 182 March 20, 1766 783 September 25, 1766 184 March 16, 1767 785 April 20, 1767 186 June 30, 1767 787 November 15, 1767 188 January 1768 189 February 10, 1768 790 March 25, 1768 197 April 2, 1768 792 July 18, 1768 Carlo Allioni 247 John Hawkesworth 248 248 Soc. for Encouragement... 250 Henrietta Maria Goldsborough 252 Henrietta Maria Goldsborough 253 Benjamin Gale 254 254 Alexander Colden 257 258 Peter Simon Pallas 258 260 260 261 Charles Lyttelton, Bishop of Carlisle 263 Charles Lyttelton, Bishop of Carlisle 264 265 John Player 267 268 269 271 273 274 Emmanuel Mendes Da Costa 275 John Player 277 278 Thomas Clayton 280 Henry Baker 281 William Bartram 281 Bibliography 283 Personal Name Index Plant Index 21)2 Subject Index 298 286 XII >