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GB-110/JES/COR/10/44
Title
Thomas Velley, Bath, [Somerset], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
30 May 1794
Author(s)
Thomas Velley 1749-1806
Number of Pages
2
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GB-110/JES/COR/10/44 from Thomas Velley, Bath, [Somerset], to James Edward Smith (30 May 1794)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/10/44 from Thomas Velley, Bath, [Somerset], to James Edward Smith (30 May 1794) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Velley, Thomas
Sent from:
Bath, Somerset
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Briefly in Bath after having marched his regiment to Hilsea barracks, [Hampshire]. Requests Smith to look over some of his Latin descriptions of sea plants prior to publication. Asks Smith's opinon of the term "caulis" to express the stem or stalk, frequently used by Linnaeus, reminds Smith how they both objected to it when they last saw each other. Asks Smith to thank Mr Wigg for the parcel of sea plants.
Letter date:
30 May 1794
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
10.72
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 | Velley, T, (1795). "Coloured figures of marine plants, found on the southern coast of England ... accompanied with a figure of the Arabis stricta ... To which is prefixed an inquiry into the mode of propagation peculiar to sea plants. Plantarum maritimarum ..." Bathoniae: Hazard. Velley, T, 'Remarks on the Nature and Propagation of marine Plants', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1800 5(1), pp.145-158. Velley, T, 'Additional Note to the Remarks on the Nature and Propagation of Marine Plants, p. 145.', "Transactions of the Linnean Society of London", 1800 5(1), p.274. |
