Letter from Robert Fortune to the secretary of the Horticultural Society [Alexander Henderson], 21 Regent St, London

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Title: Letter from Robert Fortune to the secretary of the Horticultural Society [Alexander Henderson], 21 Regent St, London

Scope & content: Written from Hong Kong

Postmarked ('4AP 1845 Liverpool ship', 'KH 5AP5 1845'). The letter includes an opened seal. Annotated on the reverse: 'Per Dumfries'

Letter No 13

He shipped six previously mentioned cases of plants on board the Dumfries bound for Liverpool today; he encloses a bill of lading [enclosure not present]; he did not succeed in sending them on a ship to London, but decided to take the opportunity of sending them to England, instead of being 'over-particular about the port'; he is careful in choosing vessels on the basis of their captains, and feels confident that Captain Thornhill [Robert Thornhill] of the Duke of Bedford and Captain Thompson [captain of the Dumfries] will take good care of the boxes; he promises to send a longer letter by mail when he has time