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GB-110/JES/COR/15/92
Title
Mary Watson-Wentworth, Hillingdon, [Middlesex], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
7 Aug 1790
Author(s)
Mary Watson- Wentworth 1735-1804
Number of Pages
3
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GB-110/JES/COR/15/92 from Mary Watson-Wentworth, Hillingdon, [Middlesex], to James Edward Smith (7 August 1790)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/15/92 from Mary Watson-Wentworth, Hillingdon, [Middlesex], to James Edward Smith (7 August 1790) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Wentworth, Mary Watson-
Sent from:
Hillingdon, Middlesex
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Apologises for any trouble Smith had with her style and titles in dedicating his book to her ["Icones pictae plantarum rariorum.."]. Dr Pictairn and [James] Lee visited yesterday. Asks if [Richard] Salisbury remembers seeing blue lily in flower on visit of five years ago and what sort of leaves and bulb it had.
Letter date:
7 Aug 1790
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
15.172
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 | Smith, J E, (1790-1793). "Icones pictae plantarum rariorum descriptionibus et observationibus illustratae auctore Jacobo Edvardo Smith. - Coloured figures of rare plants ..." London: [privately]. |
