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GB-110/JES/COR/6/94
Title
Aylmer Bourke Lambert to Sir James Edward Smith
Letter date
16 Feb 1824
Author(s)
Aylmer Bourke Lambert 1761-1842
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/6/94 from Aylmer Bourke Lambert to Sir James Edward Smith (16 February 1824)
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Lambert, Aylmer Bourke
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Thanks for turkey. Sir Abraham Hume has arrived in London from Brighton, following the King [George III (1738-1820)]. Much talk of [Robert] Sweet, [(1783-1835) botanist, was accused of receiving batch of plants stolen from Kew], trial is on the 18th [he was acquitted], [James] Colvill [(1777-1832) nurseryman who employed Sweet] very distressed. Mr Webb is considering taking [Mariano] Lagasca [y Segura] as an assistant. Pleased with progress of Smith's "Flora". Linnean Society membership growing fast. Last sheet of "Description of the genus Pinus" almost ready. [Charles Henry Bellenden] Ker [(c 1785-1871)] working in the Linnean Society library every day.
Letter date:
16 Feb 1824
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
6.181
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 24 [Feb 1824] |
| 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 | Smith, J E, Hooker, W J, Berkeley, M, (1824-1828). "The English flora", London: Longman. Lambert, A B, (1828). "A description of the genus Pinus ... also ... of many other trees of the family of Coniferae. To which is added An Appendix containing Descriptions ... of some other remarkable plants, and an Account of the Lambertian Herbarium. By David Don. Second edition in two volumes ..." London: Weddell. |
