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GB-110/JES/COR/2/146
Title
Francis Hamilton, Leny, [Stirling], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
15 Jul 1821
Author(s)
Francis Hamilton 1762-1829
Number of Pages
3
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GB-110/JES/COR/2/146 from Francis Hamilton, Leny, [Stirling], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (15 July 1821)
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Hamilton, Francis
Sent from:
Leny, Stirling
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Received Smith's letter of 13 April. Thanks for the mistletoe berries. A severe drought in Scotland has killed many young trees, herbaceous plants and crops "so that famine is staring us in the face". Working on his index and has now reached 'Didynamia' and 1500 species and has completed his commentary on the first part of the "Herbarium Amboinense" intended for the Wernerian Society in Edinburgh but despairs at their tardiness. Will continue his work on the "Hortus Malabaricus".
Letter date:
15 Jul 1821
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
2.248
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| 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 disucssion of the Hortus Malabaricus and Herbarium Ambionense commentaries see JES/COR/2/143-145; JES/COR/2/147-148; and Mabberley, D J, Hamilton, F, 'Francis Hamilton's Commentaries with Particular Reference to Meliaceae', "Taxon", 1977 26(5/6), pp.523-540; please note not available from Linnean Society Library. Hamilton, F, 'A Commentary on the Hortus Malabaricus, Part I', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1822 13(2), pp.474-560. Hamilton, F, 'A Commentary on the Second Part of the Hortus Malabaricus', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1824 14(2), pp.171-312. Hamilton, F, 'A Commentary on the Third Part of the Hortus Malabaricus', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1827 15(1), pp.78-152. Hamilton, F, 'A Commentary on the Fourth Part of the Hortus Malabaricus', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1835 17(2), pp.147-252. Hamilton, F, 'Commentary on the Herbarium Ambionense', "Memoirs of the Wernerian Society of Edinburgh", 1826 5(2), pp.307-383. Hamilton, F, 'Commentary on the Second Book of the Herbarium Ambionense', "Memoirs of the Wernerian Society of Edinburgh", 1832 5(2), pp.268-333; please note not available from Linnean Society Library. |
