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GB 235 FRG/1/1/1/1904/5
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Copy letter from Isaac Bayley Balfour to George Forrest, Ta-li-fu, Yunnan
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- 29/06/1904 (Creation)
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1 letter, 2 sheets, 2 pages
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(1873-1932)
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Copy letter from Isaac Bayley Balfour at RBGE to George Forrest, Ta-li-fu [Dali], Yunnan, dated 29 June 1904, in which Balfour thanks Forrest for his arrangements regarding the transmission of Australian seeds and plants to Edinburgh. Hopes he will write from time to time and looks forward to the results of his explorations.
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Archivist's note
The Forrest correspondence collection summary has been provided by library volunteer Pauline Maclean.