Letter from Edward Sabine [geophysicist, naturalist and astronomer, brother of Joseph Sabine] to the secretary of the Horticultural Society [Joseph Sabine]
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Title
Letter from Edward Sabine [geophysicist, naturalist and astronomer, brother of Joseph Sabine] to the secretary of the Horticultural Society [Joseph Sabine]
Record type
Archive
Original Reference
RHS/Col/2/4/6
Date
29 Dec 1821
Scope & content
Written on board HMS Iphigenia, Torbay
Annotated at the top of the page: 'Joseph Sabine recd [received] January 1 1822'
He received news that George Don has been in Plymouth with the officers and the boat's crew with whom he was left behind at Brixham; the party is now on board the Pygmy Cutter, with orders to find HMS Iphigenia in Torbay when the weather improves