Letter received by Banks from Arthur Phillip, 3 December 1791 (Series 37.20) - No. 0001

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Sydney

December 3rd 1791 

My Dear Sir

I wrote to you by the Supply, & the officer who carried home my dispatches, Lt Cresswell of the Marines, was desired to call on you, he is a steady good man.

The plants for the Kings garden are all on board, except two or three tubs coming from Parramatta, & in very high perfection, most of them have flowr'd in the tubs. You will receive 60 tubs which contain 221 plants, seeds and

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A small box has several Norfolk Pine trees in it & several Pine trees have been put into the Tubs, I believe you have eight sent you in all.

Sr J Banks