Extract of a Letter from W. Scott, Master of the Porpoisearmed vessel to the Commissioners of His Majesty's Navy datedSimons Bay, Cape of Good Hope...', 17 June 1800 (Series 19.38) - No. 0001

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17 June, 1800 [in pencil]

Plants by 'Porpoise'                           

to be copied [note in pencil]

Extract of a Letter from Mr. Scott, Master of the Porpoise armed vessel to the Commissioners of His Majestys Navy, dated Simons Bay, Cape of Good Hope. 17. June 1800.

"Inclosed  I send you a copy of the state of the Plants and Shrubs contained in the Garden Cabin, as delivered to me by Mr. George Suttor, the Botanist, and I beg leave to inform you, His Excellency Sir George Yonge is arranging a mode of supplying Plants &c from this Colony to fill the space in the Garden Cabin, which those did, that