Letter from David Douglas [to Joseph Sabine, secretary of the Horticultural Society of London]

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Title: Letter from David Douglas [to Joseph Sabine, secretary of the Horticultural Society of London]

Scope & content: Written from Regent Street [London]

Douglas reminds Sabine of his request for £40 in advance of salary to enable him to prepare for the journey; he enquires whether the Society will pay for his lodging or part of it, the sum total being £24 10s at 5s per week; he gave Sabine a list of required items for approval, but forgot to add a small microscope and a small box for keeping his letters and instructions in; a leather desk or box would be less likely to break, while a wooden one would be too heavy; otherwise he has everything he requires for the journey for collecting and arranging plants and seeds; he does not know yet when he will sail or where he will stay