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GB 235 FRG/1/1/1/1904/4
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Letter from George Forrest en route to Mumbai, to Isaac Bayley Balfour
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- 1904 (Creation)
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1 letter, 1 sheet, 4 pages
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(1873-1932)
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Letter from George Forrest to Isaac Bayley Balfour,RBGE, undated, but received in June 1904. The letter was written on route to Mumbai on the S.S. Australia. Forrest writes to let Balfour know that he has met a steward on board who was a collector and has a man in Australia collecting plants for him; Forrest requested that he makes a collection for Balfour and the Edinburgh Herbarium.
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It should be noted that the catalogue descriptions, summaries and letters may contain sensitive subjects and Forrest’s language, spellings and attitudes which may be deemed offensive now.
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Archivist's note
The Forrest correspondence collection summary has been provided by library volunteer Pauline Maclean.