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GB-110/JES/COR/8/15
Title
William Dandridge Peck, London, to James Edward Smith
Letter date
8 Feb 1808
Author(s)
William Dandridge Peck 1763-1822
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/8/15 from William Dandridge Peck, London, to James Edward Smith (8 February 1808)
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Peck, William Dandridge
Sent from:
London
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Sends copies of medal and jeton struck in honour of Linnaeus, apologises for poor quality. Agrees with Smith that botany is an "introduction to amiable characters", it is inspiring philanthropy in him. Comments on Lord Beauclere's epitaph in Westminster Abbey [Lord Aubrey Beauclerk (? 1710-1741) naval officer]. Received New Holland [Australian] plants from [Aylmer Bourke] Lambert, pleased that so many are named after botanists. Recollects his visit to Norfolk to [James] Crowe's Salicetum and collecting 'Verbascum pulverulentum' and ['Scabiosa']. Leaving Europe shortly, fears he will not be able to meet [Dawson] Turner or [William] Roscoe. Compliments Smith's "Introduction to Botany".
Letter date:
8 Feb 1808
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
8.25
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Related Material | Smith, J E, (1807). "An Introduction to Physiological and Systematical Botany." London: Longman. |
