With a Veneration for literary and patriotic Character, a Letter addresses to You with a Packet of Manuscripts, Viz.

The Theory of Fevers, 6 Copies.

The Theory of Generations, 6 Copies.

in Request of a Communication with them, as may propose, in the Sphere of Your Intercourse.

With an Acknowledgement of a Patronage at Writings; and a high Consideration for a Personage of a Name and Character, at a Station and Interest in the United States, subscribes,

Illustrious President, Your most Humble and Obedient Servant