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GB-110/JES/COR/7/99
Title
Patrick Neill, Edinburgh, to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk]
Letter date
26 Feb 1808
Author(s)
Patrick Neill 1776-1851
Number of Pages
3
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GB-110/JES/COR/7/99 from Patrick Neill, Edinburgh, to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (26 February 1808)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/7/99 from Patrick Neill, Edinburgh, to James Edward Smith, Norwich, [Norfolk] (26 February 1808) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Neill, Patrick
Sent from:
Edinburgh
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Norwich, Norfolk
Summary:
Printed letter informing Smith of his election as a non-resident member of Wernerian Natural History Society, signed by Neill as Secretary. Neill has written to Smith on second folio, concedes that the name of the new society "is not very happy" and although named in honour of [Abraham Gottlob] Werner [(1749-1817) German geologist] it will not focus on mineralogy. [Carl Ludwig] Willdenow's book ["The principles of botany"] marred by its faulty translation.
Letter date:
26 Feb 1808
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
7.173
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 | Willdenow, C L, (1805). "The principles of botany and of vegetable physiology; translated from the German ..." Edinburgh: Blackwood. |
