Copy letter from T.E. [Thomas Edgar, treasurer of the Horticultural Society of London] to George Dunlop [agent of Royal Mail Steam Packet Company], Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, Southampton, and receipt for freight

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Title: Copy letter from T.E. [Thomas Edgar, treasurer of the Horticultural Society of London] to George Dunlop [agent of Royal Mail Steam Packet Company], Royal Mail Steam Packet Company, Southampton, and receipt for freight

Scope & content: He has received the enclosed receipt for the freight of two boxes of seeds etc on the Trent, from Messrs Manning & Mackintosh & Co [agents of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company in Mexico] of Vera Cruz [Veracruz, Mexico], dated 2 Jan; he has endorsed the receipt and requests the boxes be sent on the 'earliest possible train, not waiting for luggage train'

The receipt is postmarked ('Southampton FE11 1846', '[illegible]') and includes an opened seal. Receipt for freight for two packages on the Trent [from the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company]. Signed by George Dunlop and Thomas Smith. Annotated: 'Acknowledged same day. T.E.'