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Harpur Street 22
Esteemed Friend
July 1 1777
It gave me great concern that I was not at home, when two such acceptable visitors called upon me. But I could not help it, and I send this i[n] part to fix another opportunity which I wish could be the same morning next week, or any other morning after it and partly to introduce a proposal of another kind.
Shakespeer, the person who brought over so large a collection of seeds &c from the West Indies, wishes to go out again in a similar employ. This he cannot do without money. Expense of travelling, conveying what he gets from place to place, back here & the like, will call upon him for money. The sum of one hundred pounds would do everything of this kind amply - half to paid down - the other half subject to his order.
To raise this sum, I take the liberty to pro[pose]