Letter from Theodor Hartweg to the secretary of Horticultural Society [George Bentham], 21 Regent Street, London

Title

Letter from Theodor Hartweg to the secretary of Horticultural Society [George Bentham], 21 Regent Street, London

Record type

Archive

Original Reference

RHS/Col/7/1/1/55

Date

27 Apr 1840

Scope & content

Written from Guatemala [Guatemala City, Guatemala]

Postmarked ('A 22JY22 1840', '4 JY20 40'). An opened seal is attached to the letter. Annotated on the reverse: 'Received at Belize May 24th and forwarded by George Nicholson [merchant in Belize]' and 'per Calista'

Letter No 40

He sent eight boxes to Belize on 24 Apr to Messrs Nicholson & Wright [merchants in Belize], and encloses a list of contents [enclosure not present]; he expected to receive instructions in the January or February mail as to where to go next, but has not received them and is consequently 'at a loss what to do, the more so as I cannot fulfil the object of the Society with regard to the plants to be collected'; he has travelled in every direction, but has not found any plants suitable for open air in England: 'I again say that this country is not suited to produce plants of that description, five thousand feet of elevation being about equal to three thousand near the City of Mexico [Mexico City, Mexico]'; he asks for the enclosure [not present] to be forwarded

Hartweg's accounts for 17 Mar-16 Apr 1840 include 'monthly allowance' $50, 'felling of Pinus oocarpa & carriage of cones to Guatemala' $3, '8 boxes, HS56-63' $16, '11 mats' $4.1 and 'string & hide' $1.4 [here the list includes 3 more items], and 'received in cash' $100 from Messrs de Aycinena [Pedro & Ignacio de Aycinena, merchants in Guatemala]. Written from Guatemala [Guatemala City, Guatemala]

Postmarked ('A 22JY22 1840', '4 JY20 40'). An opened seal is attached to the letter. Annotated on the reverse: 'Received at Belize May 24th and forwarded by George Nicholson [merchant in Belize]' and 'per Calista'

Letter No 40

He sent eight boxes to Belize on 24 Apr to Messrs Nicholson & Wright [merchants in Belize], and encloses a list of contents [enclosure not present]; he expected to receive instructions in the January or February mail as to where to go next, but has not received them and is consequently 'at a loss what to do, the more so as I cannot fulfil the object of the Society with regard to the plants to be collected'; he has travelled in every direction, but has not found any plants suitable for open air in England: 'I again say that this country is not suited to produce plants of that description, five thousand feet of elevation being about equal to three thousand near the City of Mexico [Mexico City, Mexico]'; he asks for the enclosure [not present] to be forwarded

Hartweg's accounts for 17 Mar-16 Apr 1840 include 'monthly allowance' $50, 'felling of Pinus oocarpa & carriage of cones to Guatemala' $3, '8 boxes, HS56-63' $16, '11 mats' $4.1 and 'string & hide' $1.4 [here the list includes 3 more items], and 'received in cash' $100 from Messrs de Aycinena [Pedro & Ignacio de Aycinena, merchants in Guatemala]

Level

Item

Extent

4 page letter (1 sheet)

Is part of

RHS archive: plant collector papers

Repository

Royal Horticultural Society Lindley Library

Copyright

Royal Horticultural Society

Credit Line

RHS Lindley Collections

Usage terms

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