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GB-110/JES/COR/6/12
Title
John Leonard Knapp, Llanfoist, Abergavenny, [Monmouthshire], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
30 Jul [1809]
Author(s)
John Leonard Knapp 1767-1845
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/6/12 from John Leonard Knapp, Llanfoist, Abergavenny, [Monmouthshire], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (30 July 1809)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/6/12 from John Leonard Knapp, Llanfoist, Abergavenny, [Monmouthshire], to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (30 July 1809) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Knapp, John Leonard
Sent from:
Llanfoist, Abergavenny, Monmouthshire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Relates his fruitless efforts to obtain [William] Sole's copy of "Menthae Britannicae" annotated with observations and censures on "Flora Britannica" caused by Smith's classification of 'Mentha' in "Flora Britannica". Describes arrangement and presentation of [Thomas] Velley's "Phaenogamous" and marine plant collections, herbarium and remainder of his botanical collections, the whole being offered to Linnean Society for 150 guineas by his widow, requests repsonse. Offers his drawings and descriptions of fungi of his region should Smith decide to augment "Flora Britannica" with this class. Encloses specimen [extant] of a 'Byssus' collected from an abandoned coal mine in Crickhowel, Brecon, Wales.
Specimen of 'Byssus'.
Letter date:
30 Jul [1809]
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
6.1
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. |
| Related Material | For Knapp's account of Sole's dissatisfaction see JES/COR/6/11. Sole, W, (1798). "Menthae Britannicae: being a new botanical arrangement of all the British mints..." Bath: [printer:] Cruttwell. Smith, J E, (1800-1804). "Flora Britannica" London: Davis. |
