Letter from Manning Mackintosh & Co [agents of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company in Mexico] to T. Edgar [Thomas Edgar], treasurer of the Horticultural Society, 21 Regent Street, London

Title

Letter from Manning Mackintosh & Co [agents of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company in Mexico] to T. Edgar [Thomas Edgar], treasurer of the Horticultural Society, 21 Regent Street, London

Record type

Archive

Original Reference

RHS/Col/7/2/3/13

Date

2 Jan 1846

Scope & content

Written from Vera Cruz [Veracruz, Mexico]

Postmarked ('Vera-Cruz JA1 1846', 'KN 10FE10 1846', '[illegible]'). The letter includes part of an opened seal

Marked 'Duplicate, orig. [original] per Tweed'

Letter on first page is a duplicate of RHS/Col/7/2/3/11, 1 Dec 1845

They acknowledge receipt of a letter dated 30 Sep presented to them by Mr Theodor Hartweg, who arrived on 13 Nov, and continued to Miraflores [Mexico] and Mexico [Mexico City, Mexico] the following day; they will forward his collections of seeds and plants, and supply him with money from his £500 credit; they received from Hartweg two boxes of plants and a small case of seeds, which they have forwarded on a steamer, and enclose a 'bill of lading and receipt' [enclosures not present]

On the reverse is a copy of a letter dated 2 Jan 1845 [sic; 1846], Vera Cruz. They have received two cases from Hartweg, and shipped them by a steamer; they last heard from Hartweg on 21 Dec; 'this country is in a complete state of revolution'. Annotated in a different hand in the margin: '5$7Rs'

On the third page is an undated statement that they have heard from a courier arrived from Mexico that the garrison there had 'pronounced in favour of General Paredes [Mariano Paredes staged a coup d'etat in January 1846 and was declared the president of Mexico], so that the revolution may be considered at an end'

Extent

4 page letter (1 sheet)

Is part of

RHS archive: plant collector papers

Repository

Royal Horticultural Society Lindley Library

Copyright

Orphan work

Credit Line

RHS Lindley Collections

Usage terms

Non-commercial use with attribution permitted (CC BY-NC 4.0)