Letter from John Forbes to Joseph Sabine [secretary of the Horticultural Society of London], Horticultural Society, Regent Street, London

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Title: Letter from John Forbes to Joseph Sabine [secretary of the Horticultural Society of London], Horticultural Society, Regent Street, London

Scope & content: Written from Lisbon [Portugal]

Postmarked ('12 o'clock 14.MR 1822', 'Charing Cross'). Seal cut off

Marked at the top of the page 'No 4'. Annotated at the top of page: 'Joseph Sabine received March 14 1822, and [answered] May 2 1822'

He arrived safely in Lisbon the previous afternoon after a pleasant 10-day passage; he delivered his letter to Mr Jeffery [John Jeffery, British consul in Lisbon, Portugal] and was warmly received, with promises of assistance but with descriptions of the 'pitiful [...] state of horticulture in Portugal'; he hopes he will nevertheless be able to obtain suitable specimens for the Society; Captain Owen [William FitzWilliam Owen, captain of HMS Leven] intends to stay at Lisbon for about a week; he will send a copy of his journal and any specimens before their departure or leave them with Jeffery to be forwarded; they did not stop at Plymouth on the way and therefore he has not received the 'pins' for Sacramento [Leandro do Sacramento, Carmelite friar and botanist in Brazil]