Letter from George Litton, H.M. Consul at Tengyueh, via Bhama, to Isaac Bayley Balfour [Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh], dated 19 August 1905.
Litton writes to confirm that George Forrest is safe in the Chinese camp at Wei Hsi: 'Dear Sir, I write a line to confirm the news wh you will already have heard that Forrest by some miracle has escaped. We have definite news of him today, safe on the 13th in the Chines camp at Wei Hsi ‘…after horrible experiences’. Thank God for that. You will not think that I wrote the news of his death without good reason. It was confirmed from numerous official and unofficial sources and there were supposed to have been eye witnesses! I am more pleased than I can say. I expect he will have a wondrous tale to tell.'
Letter has been damaged by fire with some loss, though not of text.
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GB 235 FRG/1/1/1/1905/31
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19/08/1905
Part of George Forrest Collection
GB 235 RBG/1/JHB/1/1/E/E9
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09/12/1867
Part of Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Institutional Archives
GB 235 RBG/1/JHB/1/1/N/N35
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20/09/1891
Part of Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Institutional Archives
GB 235 RBG/1/JHB/1/1/G/G14
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28/02/1856
Part of Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Institutional Archives
GB 235 RBG/1/JHB/1/1/B/B204
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1848
Part of Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Institutional Archives
GB 235 RBG/1/JHB/1/1/G/G27
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03/05/1846
Part of Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Institutional Archives
GB 235 RBG/1/JHB/1/1/G/G26
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25/02/1846
Part of Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Institutional Archives
GB 235 RBG/1/JHB/1/1/B/B313
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1854
Part of Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Institutional Archives
GB 235 RBG/1/JHB/1/1/B/B314
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1856
Part of Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Institutional Archives
GB 235 RBG/1/JHB/1/1/B/B318
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1857
Part of Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Institutional Archives