Letter from Stewart L. Jolly & Co [agents of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company in Mexico] to T. Edgar [Thomas Edgar, treasurer of the Horticultural Society of London], Hort. Society, London

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Title: Letter from Stewart L. Jolly & Co [agents of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company in Mexico] to T. Edgar [Thomas Edgar, treasurer of the Horticultural Society of London], Hort. Society, London

Scope & content: Written from Tampico [Mexico]

Annotated 'Per RMSP Medway'. Annotated in pencil in another hand: 'Council'

They acknowledge receipt of a letter dated 1 Jul; two boxes, marked HS5-6, were shipped on board the Royal Mail steamer Dee; no bill of lading [shipment receipt] was taken for them due to the United States blockade, which might not allow them to be transported; they have charged the freight and expenses of shipping to Messrs Manning & Mackintosh [agents of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company in Mexico] of Mexico [Mexico City, Mexico]; they will always immediately forward any packages