Letter received by Banks from Christopher Smith, 2 December1800 (Series 16.08) - No. 0001

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The Right Honble Sir Joseph Banks Bart K.B.

[note by Banks] The Plants Came by an Indiaman 
all Quite dead £5.5.0 charged for Freight

Sir
On the 4th May 1800 I had the honor to receive your letter of date March 18th 1799.

I am sorry to hear that there are no Nutmeg or Clove plants, in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew.

In August, and December, 1797, I sent on the Ships Tonton [Taunton] Castle and Bellona, Clove and Nutmeg plants, which were four years old, and well established in the Boxes, but I

[note by Banks]
  June 10 1807