Letter from W. Broad & Sons [William Broad & Sons, merchants in Falmouth] to John Lindley [assistant secretary of the Horticultural Society of London]

Title

Letter from W. Broad & Sons [William Broad & Sons, merchants in Falmouth] to John Lindley [assistant secretary of the Horticultural Society of London]

Record type

Archive

Original Reference

RHS/Col/7/1/2/32

Date

21 Jul 1838

Scope & content

Written from Falmouth

He acknowledges receipt of a letter dated 18 Jul; Lieutenant Norrington [Charles H. Norrington, captain of HMS Alert], who recently arrived from Mexico, has said he was not approached to bring boxes to England from Tampico [Mexico]; the delay is presumably due to the Society's agents at Tampico

Extent

2 page letter (1 sheet)

Is part of

RHS archive: plant collector papers

Repository

Royal Horticultural Society Lindley Library

Copyright

Charles Pender

Credit Line

Charles Pender / RHS Lindley Collections

Usage terms

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