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Winchester 11th. April 1816

Dear Sir.

I have deferred a reply to you obliging communication of Feby. with
the hope of being able to return you a few more names for subscription
to Dr. Elliotts Flora, which I am glad to hear will begin to appear
in June. I hope that a Flora of so fine a country as Georgia and
Carolina from so able a hand will contribute more to the propagation
of a taste for our beautiful science, than it's predicssors have done, &
that a demand for the publication will spread with its appearance;
I need not aprise you of my earnest co-operation in distributing
it thro' Virginia.

I have recently heard from Mr Correa of whom [you in-]
-quire. His health has not been very good during the winter, but
it is now becoming better. He promises me a visit in June, and
thinks it probable he will re-cross the Atlantic during the sum-
-mer.

I thank you for the concern you take in my future pursuits,
and promise you that however suspended my progress in science
may be by the interfering duties of my profession, that my de-
-votion will continue, & my love will not die.

very respectfully your obliged
& humb sert F.W. Gilmer