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force me to return to Manchester, for to try to procure employment in a branch that has suffered far beyond my power to point out, & also to relinquish all the thoughts of seeing a foreign Name in the capacity that I have long aim'd at; but after all, if my expectations are all frustrated & fortune frowns upon me in every degree, I am resolved never to forsake Botany; If it should chance to be that I cannot afford time in botanizing, that will not prevent me from thinking on it, for I never followed it for the sake of lucre of gain, nor indeed whatever business I am employ'd in, I do not wish for any more gain, that what I deserve honestly & justly.
Sir, I beg your pardon for trespassing upon your patience so long, but necessity has caused me to speak my mind at large!
I remain Sir, with the Highest
regard, your most obedient and
humble Servant:
George Caley
Brompton Botanic Garden
Janry 5th 1798