Letter received by Banks from Thomas Pennant, 19 September1779 (Series 72.131) - No. 0002

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Let me beg the favor of you to enquire which opportunity serves of Brooks whether any of the produce from the wolf & Bitch continued to couple & breed: for I wish to know whether they were fertile or mulish.

Mrs Pennant joins with me her best Compliments to Mrs Banks with   

Dear Sir
Most affectly yrs

Tho. Pennant

If Captn Carver is in Town or any person who has penetrated far into N. America, be so good as to ask how far they have seen wild Turkies in quantities. A paradoxical friend of mine wants to prove them to be birds of Asia quod pago.