Letter from Canning [Charles Canning, parliamentary under-secretary of state for foreign affairs] to Dr John Lindley [assistant secretary of the Horticultural Society of London], Horticultural Society
Information
Title
Letter from Canning [Charles Canning, parliamentary under-secretary of state for foreign affairs] to Dr John Lindley [assistant secretary of the Horticultural Society of London], Horticultural Society
Record type
Archive
Original Reference
RHS/Col/8/1/7
Date
16 Dec 1842
Scope & content
Written from The Foreign Office [London]
The Earl of Aberdeen [George Hamilton-Gordon, British foreign secretary] asked him to acknowledge the letter dated 14 Dec; 'his lordship' suggests deferring 'sending any person to China for the purposes alluded to in your letter' until the appointment of British officers to the Chinese ports to protect him while employed by the Society
Extent
2 page letter (1 sheet)
Is part of
RHS archive: plant collector papers
Repository
Royal Horticultural Society Lindley Library
Copyright
Orphan Work
Credit Line
RHS Lindley Collections
Usage terms
Non-commercial use with attribution permitted (CC BY-NC 4.0)