Capt Flinders
N^o 14 London Street
      Fitzroy Square

Annotation:
Apr. 27 1814 Sir J. Banks

            Soho Square
            April 27 1814

My dear Sir

        By what accident
my Letter to you has miscarried I can
not at all gueƒs but I certainly wrote
to you in answer to your Favor Respecting
your Dedication on the 24^th instant.
        I Continue intirely to
Approve of your original intention
of Dedicating your work to the three
who have Countenanced it I do not
know that a more Proper use Could
be made of a Dedication of a work
like yours.
        I grieve to hear of the