John Coakley Lettsom.
London, March 30, 1781.
TO
JOSEPH BANKS, Esq;
PRESIDENT
OF THE
ROYAL SOCIETY.
SIR,
WHEN the Public are informed that I have long had the Honour of your Acquaintance——that my Design in publishing the following Work has received your Sanction——that the Composition of it has stood the Test of your Judgment——and that it is by your Permission a Name so deservedly eminent in the Literary World is prefixed to it, I need not be apprehensive of its Success; as your Patronage will unquestionably give them Assurance of its Merit.
For this public Testimony of your Favour, in which I pride myself, accept, Sir, my most grateful Acknowledgments; and believe me to be, with great Respect,
Your obedient
humble Servant,
J. CARVER.