Letter from Edward Sabine to Joseph Sabine esq [secretary of the Horticultural Society of London], 42 Warwick Street, Regent Street, London

Title

Letter from Edward Sabine to Joseph Sabine esq [secretary of the Horticultural Society of London], 42 Warwick Street, Regent Street, London

Record type

Archive

Original Reference

RHS/Col/2/Z1/6

Date

24 Dec 1821

Scope & content

Written from Torquay

Postmarked ('[illegible] penny [illegible]' 'F 26De26 1821'). The letter includes an opened seal, which has torn a hole in the letter, but with no loss of text

He has returned to the ship from Teignmouth, and hopes they will sail today as the winds are good; Mr Gould [?William Baring-Gould, husband of Diana Amelia Sabine, sister of Edward and Joseph Sabine] has given him letters to Mr Season[?] [unidentified] at Maranham [Maranhao, Brazil], latitude 1°20'S, near Para [Brazil] and more accessible and convenient; he will go to Maranham first and if it is not suitable, on to Para; he would like the latest 'Quarterly R.' ['The Quarterly Review', a literary and political periodical published by John Murray] sent to Sierra Leone via the Admiralty, as it contains an article on Africa, presumably by Barrow [John Barrow, second secretary to the Admiralty, fellow of the Royal Society]; he has considered having the Copley Medal [from the Royal Society] set in a frame in the centre with the names around it of previous recipients, and asks if Joseph has space in his drawing room; he is comfortable on the ship; his living is the worst point but he cares little for personal inconvenience, and is always better for less food and wine; 'Mends [Robert Mends, captain of HMS Iphigenia] is not the man for the command which they [the Admiralty] have given him, but that is no business of mine. His object is confined to getting through his duty without being complained of or found fault with, and to make and save as much money as possible'; the role requires the activity and zeal of Sir George Collier [commander in chief of the Royal Navy before his death in 1795], but with more solidity and less warmth, and a comprehensive and clear judgement; Mends is sitting on the other side of the table; he hopes to find a letter from Joseph on board, and has already received one from Caroline [Caroline Browne, sister of Joseph and Edward Sabine] dated 3 Dec

For translations of a work by Goethe [?by Edward Sabine], undated, originally found enclosed in this letter and removed during cataloguing, c.1820s, see RHS/Col/2/Z1/34. Written from Torquay

Postmarked ('[illegible] penny [illegible]' 'F 26De26 1821'). The letter includes an opened seal, which has torn a hole in the letter, but with no loss of text

He has returned to the ship from Teignmouth, and hopes they will sail today as the winds are good; Mr Gould [?William Baring-Gould, husband of Diana Amelia Sabine, sister of Edward and Joseph Sabine] has given him letters to Mr Season[?] [unidentified] at Maranham [Maranhao, Brazil], latitude 1°20'S, near Para [Brazil] and more accessible and convenient; he will go to Maranham first and if it is not suitable, on to Para; he would like the latest 'Quarterly R.' ['The Quarterly Review', a literary and political periodical published by John Murray] sent to Sierra Leone via the Admiralty, as it contains an article on Africa, presumably by Barrow [John Barrow, second secretary to the Admiralty, fellow of the Royal Society]; he has considered having the Copley Medal [from the Royal Society] set in a frame in the centre with the names around it of previous recipients, and asks if Joseph has space in his drawing room; he is comfortable on the ship; his living is the worst point but he cares little for personal inconvenience, and is always better for less food and wine; 'Mends [Robert Mends, captain of HMS Iphigenia] is not the man for the command which they [the Admiralty] have given him, but that is no business of mine. His object is confined to getting through his duty without being complained of or found fault with, and to make and save as much money as possible'; the role requires the activity and zeal of Sir George Collier [commander in chief of the Royal Navy before his death in 1795], but with more solidity and less warmth, and a comprehensive and clear judgement; Mends is sitting on the other side of the table; he hopes to find a letter from Joseph on board, and has already received one from Caroline [Caroline Browne, sister of Joseph and Edward Sabine] dated 3 Dec

For translations of a work by Goethe [?by Edward Sabine], undated, originally found enclosed in this letter and removed during cataloguing, c.1820s, see RHS/Col/2/Z1/34

Extent

4 page letter (1 sheet)

Is part of

RHS archive: plant collector papers

Repository

Royal Horticultural Society Lindley Library

Copyright

John J. Timothy Jeal

Credit Line

Courtesy John J. Timothy Jeal / RHS Lindley Collections

Usage terms

Non-commercial use with attribution permitted (CC BY-NC 4.0)