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GB-110/JES/COR/4/11
Title
Hugh Davies, Aber, near Bangor, [Gwynedd], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London
Letter date
4 Mar 1793
Author(s)
Hugh Davies 1739-1821
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/4/11 from Hugh Davies, Aber, near Bangor, [Gwynedd], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London (4 March 1793)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/4/11 from Hugh Davies, Aber, near Bangor, [Gwynedd], to James Edward Smith, 12 Great Marlborough Street, London (4 March 1793) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Davies, Hugh
Sent from:
Aber, Gwynedd
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
Unable to supply Smith with a 'Anthericum serotinum' specimen. Requests Smith's genera of ferns. Has never found an 'Arenaria laricifolia'. Asks about the plan of "English Botany" after having been informed of the true authorship of Sowerby's "English Botany" [Smith's work on this was initially uncredited]. Asks which plants Smith would like sent from Wales, advises him to view list of rare Anglesey and Caenarvonshire plants in [Thomas] Martyn's "Plantae Cantabrigiensis". Prefers to have them drawn and sent with dried specimens, although this is impracticable as [Thomas] Pennant's draughtsman, [Moses Griffith], is 50 miles away. Delayed sending items to Smith.
Letter date:
4 Mar 1793
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
4.14
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| 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. |
| Publn Note | Smith, P (ed.), (1832). "Memoir and correspondence of... Sir James Edward Smith" London: Longman, vol 1, pp.443-444. |
| Related Material | Smith, J E, Sowerby, J, (1790-1814). "English Botany" London. Martyn, T, (1763). "Plantae Cantabrigienses" London: [privately]. |
