Letter from E. Sabine [Edward Sabine] to Joseph Sabine esq [secretary of the Horticultural Society of London], Horticultural Society's Apartments, Regent Street, London

Title

Letter from E. Sabine [Edward Sabine] to Joseph Sabine esq [secretary of the Horticultural Society of London], Horticultural Society's Apartments, Regent Street, London

Record type

Archive

Original Reference

RHS/Col/2/Z1/5

Date

14 Dec 1821

Scope & content

The letter includes an opened seal. Dated 14 Dec 1822 [14 Dec 1821 intended]

They have had constant gales, and have headed back to Torbay until the winds improve; he asks Joseph to write to him; he gets on well with the commodore, but misses Captain Parry's [William Edward Parry, arctic explorer; Sabine accompanied Parry on his 1819 expedition] 'warm friendship and interest' in his pursuits; the officers are attentive to him; the enclosed letters will tell Joseph of the steps Edward has taken on Mr Don's [George Don] account, and he is sure that Mends [Robert Mends, captain of HMS Iphigenia] will do his duty to Don now, as he was taken aback by Edward's letter and very glad to get out of the scrape by conceding; he too has had a 'skirmish' with Robert Mends, who is extremely stingy; 'I never lived so badly as I do at his table […] but that signifies little to me and I am glad that by so easy a mode as being contented by my fare I can please him'; he writes quickly so as not to lose the view of the coast, but will write again; he is quite well; Mends just told him that he shall head straight to Falmouth, but Joseph is to direct letters to Torbay as the Post Office will forward the letters; they go tomorrow morning to Teignmouth where Mends has a daughter

Extent

2 page letter (1 sheet)

Is part of

RHS archive: plant collector papers

Repository

Royal Horticultural Society Lindley Library

Copyright

John J. Timothy Jeal

Credit Line

Courtesy John J. Timothy Jeal / RHS Lindley Collections

Usage terms

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