Letter received by Sarah Sophia Banks from Joseph Banks, March1774 (Series 93.07) - No. 0001

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Dear Sister

if it should be windy tomorrow we shall not dine till four.
The motto of the print is taken from a part of Virgil's Eneid where Eneas encouraging his people says nunc vino pellite curas
Cras ingens iterabimus aequor

in English now drive away your cares with wine
tomorrow we shall will again cross the immense ocean
the last part only you see I have chosen

adieu
JB