Edward Smith-Stanley, The Oaks, [near Epsom, Surrey], to James Edward Smith

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/9/61
Title Edward Smith-Stanley, The Oaks, [near Epsom, Surrey], to James Edward Smith
Letter date 21 Apr 1809
Author(s) Edward Smith-, 13th Earl of Derby Stanley 1775-1851
Number of Pages 2

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GB-110/JES/COR/9/61 from Edward Smith-Stanley, The Oaks, [near Epsom, Surrey], to James Edward Smith (21 April 1809)

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Item Type: Document
From: Stanley, Edward Smith-
Sent from: Epsom, Surrey
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:

Did not receive Smith's letter asking him to attend the Carrow Bridge Bill [in the House of Commons] until it was too late [this was a contentious scheme to build a bridge over the River Wensum at Carrow Abbey, near Norwich, for which an Act of Parliament was passed on 31 May 1809]. Apologises for being a "lazy and unprofitable associate of the Linnean Society". Has conclusively proved that 'Picus medius' is not a species and is only the young of 'Picus major'.

Letter date: 21 Apr 1809
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 9.117
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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.