Robert Walpole, Aylsham, [Norfolk], to Sir James Edward Smith

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Ref No GB-110/JES/COR/10/61
Title Robert Walpole, Aylsham, [Norfolk], to Sir James Edward Smith
Letter date 8 Dec [1817]
Author(s) Robert Walpole 1781-1856
Number of Pages 2

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GB-110/JES/COR/10/61 from Robert Walpole, Aylsham, [Norfolk], to Sir James Edward Smith (8 December 1817)

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Item Type: Document
From: Walpole, Robert
Sent from: Aylsham, Norfolk
To: Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:

Requests information on Greek melons from the collections of Smith or Sibthorp. Refers to a "melopepon", called by the French "sucrin", and Aristotle's remarks on melons.

Letter date: 8 Dec [1817]
Languages: English
Prev Ref No: 10.1
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.