Autograph letter signed to [Bohte? - with another which is clearly to Bohte, see #2053).

Professor of Botany, Radcliffe Librarian (d.1834) (From Ratcliffe Accounts). Note: probably ordered from Bohte catalogue in BLC. One page, 4to, edges discoloured, text clear and complete. "Yr parcel reached me not before this evening - Inclosed I send you a Draft for £19.11.6- To make this sum, I include the copy of (10/ to be restored, & deduct 1816["16" sl. raised and underlined] + £2 discount--/ I do this because I have not yet determined whether I shall return Meerburg - & as to <>Willd...?> I shall pay you in about a fortnight by a friend coming to Town - it belongs to a different account & therefore I do not wish to include it in the Draft - If you think the Discount wrong, my friend will correct the error- If I have time, I may perhaps specify <"at"[?] excised and replaced by> on the same <"time" excised> occasion a few other articles wanted -- I suppose there is no Copy of in French, or in Latin.- / I have 3 Fasciculi of the - But the Continuation of I must desire you to reserve for me--" Note: S.G. Gillam, "The Building Accounts of the Radcliffe Camert", Williams is mentioned passim, on p.xliii for becoming Librarian in 1810 and putting into effect the suggestion of Arthur Young that it should stock only books on scientific subjects The Library under Williams is discussed p.xlvff. The obit. is quoted pp.xlvii-xlviii from The Gentleman's Magazine (1834), vol.1, p.335, discussing his importance in building the collections. See also #s2279 & 2287.