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GB-110/JES/COR/15/96
Title
Mary Watson-Wentworth to James Edward Smith, Great Marlborough Street, London
Letter date
22 Nov 1790
Author(s)
Mary Watson- Wentworth 1735-1804
Number of Pages
3
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GB-110/JES/COR/15/96 from Mary Watson-Wentworth to James Edward Smith, Great Marlborough Street, London (22 November 1790)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/15/96 from Mary Watson-Wentworth to James Edward Smith, Great Marlborough Street, London (22 November 1790) Close
Item data
Item Type:
Document
From:
Wentworth, Mary Watson-
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Sent to location:
London
Summary:
Declined Mr Bromfield's drawings as Smith's information on 'Coralline' was decisive and is out of her area of interest. Much more inclined to send [Edmund] Davall the larger copy of Smith's ["Icones pictae plantarum rariorum.."].
Offers her hothouse 'Gordonia pubescens' to be drawn by [James] Sowerby; notices that Linnaeus and Kew place 'Gordonia' under different classes, hers seems 'Monogynia' but inside of flower resembles 'Camelia'. Lightning and distant thunder yesterday evening.
Letter date:
22 Nov 1790
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
15.182
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]. |
