Thursday November 6th, 1823
– Left Amboy at 5 o’clock in the morning and got to New York at 11. Employed
taking the trees to Mr Hogg’s and ordered some boxes for packing them in.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ So Douglas arrives at Amboy at 4 o'clock in the morning...and leaves again at 5 o'clock. I hope he at least managed to get something to eat. This will have been a sleepless night I fear, what with the coach breaking down the previous night and needing repair.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ So Douglas arrives at Amboy at 4 o'clock in the morning...and leaves again at 5 o'clock. I hope he at least managed to get something to eat. This will have been a sleepless night I fear, what with the coach breaking down the previous night and needing repair.
November 7th, 1823 – Finished
taking up Mr Floy’s trees
Douglas is beginning to draw this first North
American trip to a conclusion. It will be several weeks yet before he actually
leaves but the pace has slowed, the season is becoming too late for collecting
and he is beginning to work on his collections and finalise the arrangements
for shipping fruit trees back to England.
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