Letter from A.Y. Spearman [Alexander Young Spearman, assistant secretary to the British treasury] to Alexander Henderson, vice-president of the Horticultural Society
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Title
Letter from A.Y. Spearman [Alexander Young Spearman, assistant secretary to the British treasury] to Alexander Henderson, vice-president of the Horticultural Society
Record type
Archive
Original Reference
RHS/Col/7/1/2/7
Date
6 Aug 1836
Scope & content
Written from Treasury Chambers [London]
He acknowledges receipt of a letter dated 26 [26 Jul 1836]; the Lords Commissioners of His Majesty's Treasury have referred to the Admiralty Board his request for permission for 'a free passage to a naturalist' to Mexico, and for conveying specimens of natural history in the 'King's ships'