Thomas Martyn, Pertenhall, [Bedfordshire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/7/22
Title Thomas Martyn, Pertenhall, [Bedfordshire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date 25 Apr 1818
Author(s) Thomas Martyn 1735-1825
Number of Pages 3

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GB-110/JES/COR/7/22 from Thomas Martyn, Pertenhall, [Bedfordshire], to Sir James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (25 April 1818)

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Item Type: Document
From: Martyn, Thomas
Sent from: Pertenhall, Bedfordshire
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location: Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:

Smith's candidature for Botany Professorship at Cambridge University. Has found a manuscript copy of Dr [Richard] Walker's [(1679-1764) founder of Cambridge Botanic Garden] donation confirming that the Walkerian lectureship can be granted to a foreigner.

Letter date: 25 Apr 1818
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 7.39
Additional Information:
Note typeNote
Finding AidsDawson, 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.
AdditionalSmith replied 30 May [1818]