Spring Grove
        Aug 13 1813

Dear Sir

      I have Perusd [sic] the
Sheets of your work which I Send
back with this & Afford nothing in
them which I do not approve
a Good beginning they Say gives fair
hopes of a Good Ending & yours I
Really think is a Good beginning God
Speed your Progreƒs

    Very Faithfully yours
        Js: Banks

[Written the length of the rhs]

Sir Joseph Banks F.R.S.