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GB-110/JES/COR/14/81
Title
Edmund Davall, Orbe, [Switzerland], to James Edward Smith, Hammersmith, London
Letter date
18 Sep 1796
Author(s)
Edmund Davall 1763-1798
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/14/81 from Edmund Davall, Orbe, [Switzerland], to James Edward Smith, Hammersmith, London (18 September 1796)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/14/81 from Edmund Davall, Orbe, [Switzerland], to James Edward Smith, Hammersmith, London (18 September 1796) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Davall, Edmund
Sent from:
Orbe, Switzerland
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
Hammersmith, Middlesex
Summary:
Sends seeds of 'Digitalis lanata' Ehrhart, 'Saxifraga mutata', and 'Verbascum nigrum' with white flower. Acknowledges Smith's letter of 17 April 1796, will respond more fully by next post, his time currently taken up supervising workmen working on his garden. His daughter died in March at 20 months. Recommends treating the 'Digitalis' like a hardy greenhouse plant.
Letter date:
18 Sep 1796
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
14.21
Additional Information:
| Note type | Note |
|---|---|
| Additional | Smith replied 2 Nov 1796 |
| 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 | For Smith's reply of 2 November 1796, see JES/COR/14/82. For Smith's letter of 17 April 1796, see JES/COR/14/80. |
