I received the Letter you did me the honour of writing to me the 15th of March last, together with the printed Pieces that accompanied it. It gave me great Pleasure to find, that the Improvement of Science is attended to in a Country, where the Climate was suppos’d naturally to occasion Indolence, and an Unwillingness to take Pains except for immediate Profit. I am very sensible of the great Honour done me by the Society of Philadelphians, in naming me among their Associates; and I beg they would accept my thankful Acknowledgements, together with the second Volume of the Transactions of our Society here. I am much oblig’d by the favourable mention you were pleased to make of me in your excellent Discourse at the first Opening of your Assemblies. Your Account of the Cape, contains a Variety of Knowledge respecting it that we had not before, and many Particular Observations for preserving Health, that may be useful to our Northern People who visit your Island. Wishing Success to the Labour of the Society, I have the honour to be, Sir, Your most obedient and most humble Servant