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GB-110/JES/COR/2/141
Title
Francis Hamilton, Leny, [Stirling], to Sir James Edward Smith
Letter date
15 Feb 1820
Author(s)
Francis Hamilton 1762-1829
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/2/141 from Francis Hamilton, Leny, [Stirling], to Sir James Edward Smith (15 February 1820)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/2/141 from Francis Hamilton, Leny, [Stirling], to Sir James Edward Smith (15 February 1820) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Hamilton, Francis
Sent from:
Leny, Stirling
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Planning to come to London in April or May to attempt to settle at India House the remainder of his natural history collection and unless easily arranged "the whole for me may go to the devil". Hopes Smith received a copy of his "Hindu Genealogies".
Letter date:
15 Feb 1820
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
2.241
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 21 [Feb 1820] |
| Copies | Transcript available from Linnean Society Library. |
| Finding Aids | Dawson, 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. |
| Related Material | For further discussion of confiscation of Hamilton's collections see JES/COR/2/136-138; JES/COR/2/142-143; JES/COR/2/145. For further discussion of "Genealogies of the Hindus" see JES/COR/2/139-140; JES/COR/2/148. Hamilton, F, (1819). "Genealogies of the Hindus" Edinburgh: Printed for the Author, 2 vols; please note not available from Linnean Society Library. |
