Copy letter from G.B. [George Bentham, secretary of the Horticultural Society of London] to Messrs Byrns Hooton & Co [merchants in Mexico], Mexico [Mexico City, Mexico]

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Title: Copy letter from G.B. [George Bentham, secretary of the Horticultural Society of London] to Messrs Byrns Hooton & Co [merchants in Mexico], Mexico [Mexico City, Mexico]

Scope & content: Written from the Horticultural Society [London]

The Council have authorised Mr Hartweg [Theodor Hartweg] to proceed to Guatemala due to the detention of his collections at Tampico [Mexico], and the 'unsafe state of the country' around Valladolid [Morelia, Mexico]; it is hoped that 'the disappointments which have attended his two years' sojourn in the former country may be in some degree compensated by a more ready communication with this country by way of Belize'; he requests assistance for Hartweg regarding Guatemala and the journey there, 'although it is said his wants in that district cannot be many'; dispatches to Hartweg are forwarded through the Foreign Office to their care, and they should forward them to Hartweg