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GB 235 FRG/1/1/1/1905/35
Title
Copy letter from Sir E. Gorst, Foreign Office, to Isaac Bayley Balfour
Date(s)
- 21/08/1905 (Creation)
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1 letter, 1 sheet, 1 page
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Copy letter from Sir Eldon Gorst, Foreign Office, to Isaac Bayley Balfour, Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, dated 21 August 1905.
Gorst writes at the request of the Marquess of Lansdowne to report the official news that Forrest arrived in Wei Hsi on 13 August and would be escorted to Tali [Dali] on 14 August.
Letter has been burned with some loss.
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Permission required from RBGE.
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- English
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Letter has been burned with some loss; handle with extreme care.
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- Forrest, George (Subject)
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Archivist's note
This Forrest correspondence collection summary has been provided by library volunteer Pauline Maclean.