[This letter is marked "Duplicate", sent with Rottler's letter of 15 October 1807, see RelatedMaterial below]
He has only just received Smith's letter of 30 April 1800 and his "Specimen of the botany of New Holland", which he had long given up ever receiving. Encloses duplicate of his letter of [14] October [1806], which accompanied a parcel of plants. Received [Nathaniel] Kindersley's letter of 1 May 1806, will reply when chest of books for female asylum arrives.
[Label attached to letter:] "'Tetracera sarmentosa' 83) Vahl Delima Lin.".