Neill, Patrick, 1776-1851 (naturalist)

Scope and Contents The recipient is not named, and the letter begins: "Although I have already often interrupted important business of State, yet I trust you will once more, forgive an Octogenarian, when he can plead, that his principal temptation, to transgression, is an earnest desire to promote the publick good -". He recommends to the recipient's attention "the enclosed printed paper, respecting the Caledonian Horticultural Society". If the recipient, as "a member of the Kings Cabinet Council", can be "in...