Letter from J. Reeves [John Reeves, naturalist, former East India Company tea inspector in China] to John Lindley [assistant secretary of the Horticultural Society of London], Hort. Soc., 21 Regent Street

Title

Letter from J. Reeves [John Reeves, naturalist, former East India Company tea inspector in China] to John Lindley [assistant secretary of the Horticultural Society of London], Hort. Soc., 21 Regent Street

Record type

Archive

Original Reference

RHS/Col/8/1/6

Date

1842

Scope & content

Written from Clapham [London]

Undated [c. Dec 1842] (dated 'Wednesday')

Postmarked ('12NN12 DE15 1842'). The letter includes an opened seal

He has arranged for his son [John Russell Reeves junior, employed by the British East India Company] to give Lindley the letters of credit for the use of Mr Fortune [Robert Fortune] in China; any money given to Fortune in England should be in Carolus dollars [Spanish-American peso] and not Mexican; he is willing to be of assistance on the committee after his duties as a witness at a trial

Extent

1 page letter (1 sheet)

Is part of

RHS archive: plant collector papers

Repository

Royal Horticultural Society Lindley Library

Copyright

Adrian Goodman

Credit Line

Courtesy Adrian Goodman / RHS Lindley Collections

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