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Philadelphia Nov. 10th 1791
Sir
Your Letter of 2d. March last came duly to hand, & In compliance with the order thereto annexed I have now Shipp'd [via?] Pigou Captn Loxley a Box of Plants, The Bill of lading and list of Contents enclosed .- being as nearly conformable to order as could at this time be executed -
I have taken your advice with respect to the Charge and shall forward a dft [draft] for Three Guineas as last Year.
My attention has been considbly diverted this Summer from Botanical pursuits, I have therefore no Specimens Collected, having observed nothing new,- except the small one enclosed . - The leaf you enclosed desiring a Specimen is I believe a Species of Ophrys, say hyemalis, I could not procure a flowering Stem. - Astragalus Carolinianus I am not possessed of - The Podophyllium diphyllum grows in great plenty about 250 Miles Westward and not nigher I believe - I could wish to be informed whether No. 11 of the Specimens sent last Year is known or not - & If there are any particular Plants you wish to be furnished with, or Region of America you wish to be explored, I shall probably be at leisure one other Summer -
I am with all due respect
Your Obliged & very humble Servant
Moses Marshall
Sir Joseph Banks