Copy letter from the Horticultural Society of London, 21 Regent Street, to Mr Theodor Hartweg, with instructions

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Title: Copy letter from the Horticultural Society of London, 21 Regent Street, to Mr Theodor Hartweg, with instructions

Scope & content: Instructions for Theodor Hartweg for travelling to Mexico and California [United States of America], including a list of letters of introduction, instructions on sending collections to England, travel arrangements, route of travel, financial arrangements, desirable plants to collect, keeping a journal, documenting the collections and communicating the progress to the Horticultural Society of London, salary and the rights of the Society

Comprises instructions to embark on the Jay on 2 Oct and proceed on his mission to California. Includes list of 17 letters of introduction

Annotated 'Copy' at the top of the first page

For other versions of the instructions for Hartweg and additions to them, Jun-Sep 1845, see RHS/Col/7/2/2/1, RHS/Col/7/2/2/2 and RHS/Col/7/2/2/3