Sir Joseph Banks to James Edward Smith

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/1/71
Title Sir Joseph Banks to James Edward Smith
Letter date 14 Dec 1802
Author(s) Sir Joseph, baronet Banks 1743-1820
Number of Pages 2

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GB-110/JES/COR/1/71 from Sir Joseph Banks to James Edward Smith (14 December 1802)

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Item Type: Document
From: Banks, Sir Joseph
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:

Thanks for turkey. Has had 'Limosella diandra' from [Charles] Konig and [William] Roxburgh but no drawing of it. Does not think it is the 'Gratiola pusilla' of [Carl Ludwig von] Willdenow. Happy at the improvement in Smith's health. Asks Smith's opinion of author Peter [Peregrine] Lille.

Letter date: 14 Dec 1802
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 1.122
Additional Information:
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AdditionalSmith replied 16 [Dec 1802]
Finding AidsDawson, W R, (1934). "Catalogue of the manuscripts in the Library of The Linnean Society - Part I. The Smith papers: The correspondence and miscellaneous papers of Sir James Edward Smith", London: Linnean Society.