Item 8 - Copy letter from Isaac Bayley Balfour to George Forrest, Tali-fu

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GB 235 FRG/1/1/1/1904/8

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Copy letter from Isaac Bayley Balfour to George Forrest, Tali-fu

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  • 12/09/1904 (Creation)

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(1873-1932)

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Copy letter from Isaac Bayley Balfour, RBGE, to George Forrest, Tali-fu [Dali], dated 12 September 1904, in which Balfour thanks Forrest for his Bhamo letter and hopes there will be no trouble in the districts he is going to visit; offers to send paper for drying plants. Hopes to obtain a new Herbarium building this year.

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          Archivist's note

          The Forrest correspondence collection summary has been provided by library volunteer Pauline Maclean.

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