Copy of letter from Joseph T. Crawford [Joseph Tucker Crawford, British vice-consul in Mexico] to Messrs Jolly & Baker [merchants in Mexico], Tampico

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Title: Copy of letter from Joseph T. Crawford [Joseph Tucker Crawford, British vice-consul in Mexico] to Messrs Jolly & Baker [merchants in Mexico], Tampico

Scope & content: Written from British Consulate, Tampico [Mexico]

He acknowledges receipt of a letter dated that morning; application was made to all commanders of the packets [ships], but due to the 'excessive size' of the boxes held by Jolly & Baker, and to the quantity of passengers' baggage and their treasure rooms filled with 'specie [valuable cargo]', it was not possible to accommodate the packages [from Theodor Hartweg]; they should be sent by some other means, especially now as almost all the ships are crowded with passengers and cochineal [cochineal insects, used for producing carmine dye]

Originally enclosed in a letter from Jolly & Baker to John Lindley [assistant secretary of the Horticultural Society of London], 20 Nov 1838, see RHS/Col/7/1/2/42