Letter from William Bingley, Wakefield, to James Sowerby, 2 Mead Place, Lambeth, Surrey Informs Sowerby that he is preparing a 4-volume work intended 'to render the introduction of natural history to the female mind, and to youth'. Describes the work and asks if Sowerby would provide the plates of plants. Requests that Sowerby should procure seeds for some friends. 13 December 1800