Letter from Barron, Forbes & Co [merchants in Mexico] to John Lindley, vice-secretary, Horticultural Society, No 21 Regent St, London

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Title: Letter from Barron, Forbes & Co [merchants in Mexico] to John Lindley, vice-secretary, Horticultural Society, No 21 Regent St, London

Scope & content: Written from Tepic [Mexico]

Postmarked ('Vera-Cruz 1846 OC1', 'BI 5NO5[?] 1846', '[illegible] Setr 29'). The letter includes an opened seal

Annotated in pencil at the top of the first page: 'Hartweg [Theodor Hartweg] says 1 small package of bulbs & 1 tin case seeds'

They acknowledge receipt of letters dated 26 May and 1 Jul and the copies of the letter to Mr McLane [Louis McLane, minister of the United States in London] and his response of 17 Jun; Hartweg has been in California for some time, and they do not know if he may meet with obstructions due to the 'new state of affairs in that country', but they will send 'the document' when they have an opportunity; they received a letter from him from Monterey dated 28 Jul, enclosing a letter for the Society which they forwarded by the last post; Hartweg said he had sent a package of seeds via Mazatlan [Mexico], but the ship had been captured by an 'American cruiser', and the seeds were 'wetted and lost'; they will forward Hartweg's collections as suggested