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Document number: 5313
Date: Apr 1834
Dating: year indistinct, may be 1832 !
Recipient: TALBOT William Henry Fox
Author: MENDEL Dr
Collection: British Library, London, Manuscripts - Fox Talbot Collection
Last updated: 1st September 2003

Domino Talbot Londinensi

Tristis Endressii nostri itineratoris indefessi <obitus?> in causa fuit, ut impensae itineris pyrenaica anno 1831 admodum augerentur, ut partes singulas vel minuere, vel <pretium?> eram augere necesse esset, quae res posterior plurimis unionis nostrae foliis placuit. Ergo etiam Tibi partem integram plantarum pyrenaicarum pretio 1 1/3 Actie in rationes sunt relatae, et si integriorem plantarum Caucasicarum partem – olim pedimenta per Choleram mota nondum apud nos sunt allatae – Tibi servare velis, pretium 1/3 Actie Hunnemano <foret?> solvendum . Recipis itaque

1 1/3 Actie plantarum pyrenaicarum, restat que

2/3 Actie plantarum Caucasicarum.

In Algeria res nostrae a <Schimpero?> optime geruntur. Catenam ut valeas canalibus nostris etiam in posterum faveat edixe opto rogoque

Ettlinge mense Apl. 1834

Dr Mendel.

<Pointing out that the costs of Endressi’s Pyrenean [plant-hunting] expedition were greater than expected, and proposing either increasing the price of the plants or reducing the size of each person’s share.>

Observing also that affairs in Algeria are being conducted excellently by <Schimpero?>.

Dated April 1834>