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GB-110/JES/COR/17/64
Title
William Roscoe, Liverpool, [Lancashire], to James Edward Smith
Letter date
21 Nov 1808
Author(s)
William Roscoe 1753-1831
Number of Pages
4
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GB-110/JES/COR/17/64 from William Roscoe, Liverpool, [Lancashire], to James Edward Smith (21 November 1808)
Metadata for GB-110/JES/COR/17/64 from William Roscoe, Liverpool, [Lancashire], to James Edward Smith (21 November 1808) Close
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Item Type:
Document
From:
Roscoe, William
Sent from:
Liverpool, Lancashire
To:
Smith, Sir James Edward
Summary:
Sending this letter with Smith's mother. Committee of Liverpool Botanic Garden has accepted Smith's offer of duplicate Linnaean herbarium. The same Committee also carried his other proposal to send John Bradbury on a botanical exploration of Louisiana and the great branches of the Mississippi for three years; he is to take his two sons of 21 or 22 years old, one to accompany him in his travels and the other to be at a garden in New Orleans cultivating the plants and sending them live to England; asks for Smith's advice to make the most of the opportunity, in return Bradbury will get Smith anything he wants from America. Bradbury leaving in two or three months.
Letter date:
21 Nov 1808
Languages:
English
Prev Ref No:
17.129
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. |
