| Description | This bound volume contains correspondence sent to Forsyth relating to botanical and horticultural matters. The letters have been numbered and the details of each are as follows (this information can also be found in an index at the back of the volume, the dates and addresses on the correspondence are given below where they are known)-
Barnett, Sam W - Yoxford, Suffolk dated 8 December 1799 (133)
Beath, Thos - dated 1792[?] (54), Antigua dated 3 September 1792 (58); Kingston, Jamaica correspondence - dated 15 January 1793 (60), 10 August 1793 (78), 8 July 1793 (72), 7 December 1793 (82), 20 January 1794 (84), 7 June 1794 (86), 18 November 1794 (90)
Begg, Wm - Jamaica dated 20 June 1799 (129)
Borett, Wm - Kingston, Jamaica dated 3 February 1798 (123)
Christie, George - on board Sapplu dated 15 December 1797 (27), Lisbon dated 18 March 1788 (32), Grain coast Guinea dated 21 June 1788 (34), Norfolk dated 19 September 1802 (153), Leviathan Thames dated 29 November 1802 (157), Trinidad dated 19 January 1803 (159), Trinidad dated 21 July 1803 (163), Trinidad dated 25 July 1803 (165)
Cruikshank, John - Basinghall St dated 27 September 1802 (155)
Dancer, Thos - correspondence sent from Jamaica dated as follows - January 1788 (28), 23 July 1788 (36), January 1793 (64), 4 April 1793 (66), 1 February 1796 (99)
Ebrnslie, Jn - Cape Town dated 17 June 1797 (111)
Fox, J - Malta dated 6 March 1802 (161)
Fraser, J - Charleston, S Carolina dated 30 January 1787 (16)
Gilbert, Wm - Jamaica dated 12 May 1785 (7), Jamaica dated 18 June 1786 (11)
Henderson, Logan - Crimea dated 12 September 1787 (19)
Laing, James - Tobago dated 9 October 1787 (23)
Lockhead, Wm. - Antigua dated 12 September 1792 (39)
Masson, Fr - Cape of Good Hope dated 15 May 1793 (68), Kensington dated 19 December 1796 (105), Montreal dated 16 October 1801 (143)
McGowan, Jos - [Jamaica] dated 14 August 1797 (117)
McRitchie, Thos - St Helena dated 14 June 1792 (48), St Helena dated 20 November 1797 (119)
Melvill, Robert - Grenada dated 12 October 1767 (1)
Middleton, Tho - Britannica at sea dated 17 August 1793 (80), Britannica at sea dated 10 October 1794 (88)
Munn, Richard - Isle of Wight dated 8 December 1795 (98)
Niven, Wm. - Virginia, North America dated 20 November 1798 (127)
Phillips, James - Belfast dated 5 June 1780 (38)
Phillips, Governer - Norfolk Island dated 28 August 1790 (40)
Robson, J - correspondence from St Helena dated - 26 June 1793 (70), 21 July 1793 (76), 18 May 1795(94), 12 October 1796 (101), 10 December 1797 (121) and Fulham dated 19 August 1802 (151)
Robson, M - St Helena dated 11 May 1795 (92), St Helena dated 14 November 1796 (103)
Ronaldson, Peter - Gibraltor dated 20 January 1791 (44), Gibraltor dated 12 February 1791(46)
Rose, Lewis - Georgia dated 29 August 1792 (50)
Simpson, Thos - Peterhead dated 15 May 1798 (125)
Sparke - St Anns, Jamaica dated 30 June 1785 (9)
Vaughan, W - correspondence from Mincing Lane dated - 7 September 1795 (96), 12 January 1797 (107), 18 May 1797 (109), 11 July 1797 (113), 5 April 1797- copy of letter from Jamaica included (114), Wed. eve (149). Also from Gray's Inn with no date (139), London dated 31 January 1801(147) and letter with no location dated 25 March 1801 and letter with no location or date (138).
Walter, Thos - S Carolina dated 6 October 1787 (21)
West, Wm - Jamaica dated 18 November 1799 (131), Jamaica dated 2 November 1801(145)
Williamson, David - New York dated 21 December 1792 (52)
Wood, John - Calcutta dated 6 December 1784 (3), Cawnpore dated 1 November 1786 (13)
Wright, E - London dated Tuesday [1800?] (135)
Young, Geo - London dated 12 November 1787 (25)
Young, George - London dated 16 February 1785 (5) - copy has been written on the top of this letter |