Draft or copy letter from T.E. [Thomas Edgar, treasurer of the Horticultural Society of London], Hort Soc, 21 Regent St, to Messrs Manning, Mackintosh & Co [agents of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company in Mexico], Vera Cruz [Veracruz, Mexico]

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Title: Draft or copy letter from T.E. [Thomas Edgar, treasurer of the Horticultural Society of London], Hort Soc, 21 Regent St, to Messrs Manning, Mackintosh & Co [agents of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company in Mexico], Vera Cruz [Veracruz, Mexico]

Scope & content: Written from London

He acknowledges receipt of letters dated 1 Dec and 2 Jan, and thanks them on behalf of the council for their assistance to Mr Hartweg [Theodor Hartweg]; two cases and a tin box arrived on the Tweed, and one case and a tin box on the Trent 'with unusual expedition, and in excellent order'; Messrs Manning & Mackintosh tell him in their letter of 30 Dec that Hartweg requested the transfer of £400 in credit to Messrs Barron, Forbes & Co [merchants in Mexico], and the Society will reimburse their payments; he hopes the government is now permanent, 'so as to allow the resources of Mexico to become more fully developed'