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

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

Scope & content: Written from Falmouth

They acknowledge receipt of a letter dated 4 Dec; the packet [ship] Swift was restricted to bringing bullion [gold and silver] and cochineal [cochineal insects, used for producing carmine dye], whereby the captain, Lieutenant Welch [captain of the Swift] was 'not furnished with a manifest'; it seems improbable that the Society will receive any packages from Mexico during the blockade of the coast by the French squadron, as the ships tend to be crowded with passengers and cargo to Havannah [Havana, Cuba]